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But after years at a snail’s pace, the tide could be changing.—
Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Jan. 2026
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One of my prompts on the app detailed my phobia of snails in detail.—
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Sperry and Pleasures first linked up in 2023 to update the footwear brand’s Authentic Original 3-Eye boat shoe into a creeper style.—
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After spending the morning clearing deadfall, the crew was returning to their vehicles at the pace of the creeper machine, a mini excavator that can plow a new path through difficult terrain.—
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Boomers saw Gen Xers, that’s me, as cynical slackers.—
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This film is set days after Christmas and follows three slacker friends who are hired to transport a troubled teen across the country.—
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Monday night turned to Tuesday morning, leaving only one straggler behind.—
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The last few stragglers are set to report quarterly results this week.—
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Investors expect the efficiency push to start paying off before long, which could make this the year the stock goes from laggard to leader.—
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Utilities and information technology were the two laggards, with utilities falling more than 1% and tech flat on the week.—
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Some frontline library staff have said the Rondo Library improvements could make safety concerns worse by moving bathrooms deeper into the structure, without addressing root concerns about fentanyl users, unattended youth and loiterers coming from the nearby Green Line station.—
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The famous Spiderman meme, where the friendly neighborhood web-crawler points at versions of himself, would also suffice.—
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The crawler was last used on Artemis I in 2022, and had to make several trips to the pad and back as teams worked through hardware issues and even the threat of Hurricane Ian.—
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Retired or not, the world’s greatest quarterback does not have the luxury to indulge in sequential action—one thing at a time is for slowpokes and losers.—
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One group of 15 female rats, brighter in color than the rest, kept zooming past the others to make it into the houses first, making the rest of their furry colleagues look like slowpokes.—
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“Clock-watcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clock-watcher. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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