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Noun
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Symptoms also include lethargy, dehydration and vomiting, and the animals can die.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Orange County Register,
28 Feb. 2025 -
Symptoms in cats include fever, low appetite, lethargy, reddened or inflamed eyes, discharge from eyes and nose, and difficulty breathing.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Their bodies go into a torpor where their heart rate and metabolism slows 20% to 50%.—
Damon Arthur,
USA TODAY,
27 Dec. 2024
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Amid the torpor of their burgeoning love, the corpses start to stack up.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
22 Mar. 2024
Noun
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But neither was there the ho-hum, dutiful lassitude that usually accompanies second inaugurations, like Barack Obama’s in 2013.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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But the opinion, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., went way further than necessary to insulate Trump from prosecution — not simply before the election, which the court, by its lassitude, had nearly guaranteed, but forever, even in the event that President Biden wins reelection.—
Ruth Marcus,
Washington Post,
1 July 2024
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“Torpidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torpidity. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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