slow going
idiom
: a situation in which progress is slow
It's been slow going so far, but the project should speed up soon.
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But recruiting police officers was slow going and, by the summer of 2009, local officials and the American officer — a lieutenant colonel from the Georgia National Guard — landed on a risky approach: hiring private militias.
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Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
But adoption of the technology, for both patients and healthcare professionals, has been slow going.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
Cleanup from Hurricane Milton's destruction was slow going Saturday, with roads in some counties still impassable, resources scarce for some evacuees making their way back home and power only gradually being restored.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
In many places, Russian soldiers are dug in, and the counteroffensive has so far been slow going.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2023
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Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
But adoption of the technology, for both patients and healthcare professionals, has been slow going.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
Cleanup from Hurricane Milton's destruction was slow going Saturday, with roads in some counties still impassable, resources scarce for some evacuees making their way back home and power only gradually being restored.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
In many places, Russian soldiers are dug in, and the counteroffensive has so far been slow going.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2023
See All Example Sentences for slow going
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“Slow going.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow%20going. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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