lazy
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The president said that combining major industry players could make companies lazy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
I drag it across eggs in the morning — a lazy woman’s hollandaise.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
Edmund is said to be brilliant but we mostly get evidence of his pretensions and “annoying air of lazy authority.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
I liked it and was impatient with it in equal measure, the way a teacher feels about a lazy, gifted child.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
It's not that the movies have gotten any more strenuous, it's just that a lot of people are as lazy as I am, and together we've agreed to lower the bar.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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