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Existing and being
account for something
alive
be
be a thingidiom
been
estate
existent
existential
existentially
extant
found
living
run
self-existent
speckle
spring up
stand
they're
thing
thingness

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Lasting for a long time

languish | American Dictionary

languish
verb[ I ]
us/ˈlæŋ·ɡwɪʃ/
to exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time:
Members of Congress have introduced plans, but those have languished.

languish | Business English

languish
verb[ I ]
uk /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/us
to be weak or fail to improve:
Traditional industries continue to languish or disappear.

Examples of languish

languish
Unlike the unfortunate victims of disease, who languished in the stations' isolation hospitals, healthy detainees were often burdened by boredom and frustration.
This 'hard core' kept their mouths closed, and languished for years in detention.
Separated from one another, the lovers languish, but are eventually reunited by servants, their love restored and wiser.
He regrets that meanwhile he himself languishes unprofitably and in listless ease.
It seems necessary to repeat this truism quite frequently - and not merely for the benefit of those languishing in ignorance outside the academy.
The urban areas languished, however, with rising prices and limited employment opportunities stirring discontent.
Without a proper support system in nature and culture, however, human potential would languish.
Despite these significant contributions, he has languished in obscurity.
There is no doubt that in the absence of media support, the student frame would have languished indefinitely in relative obscurity.
One goes free, while thousands languish their lives away.
They languished in prison, a few escaped, some died, but none were required to face the court.
The bill languished in the chamber until 1924, when it passed.
At this social level, few women were at liberty to languish on their couches due to the pressing responsibilities of management.
The aggregate of his advisors' views lent little enthusiasm to the administration's proposals, and in the absence of presidential involvement the issue languished.
Both of them would languish under a multiplicity of opinions and never be confronted with what is just and true.
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