Slow-walk

many of the men were simply standing around and were purposely ‘slow-walking’ the project […] to stretch out the term of employment.

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Since assuming office, Trump has issued many private demands to aides that have either been slow-walked or altogether ignored.

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Mr. Pulte argued that Mr. Siebert was slow-walking the James case in order to get confirmed by the Senate for a job in a state with two Democratic senators, according to people briefed on the conversation.

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