EU's role in awkward areas like crime and immigration has been grindingly slow work.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

But there is a mountain of worthless paper to clear up, and progress is still grindingly slow.

ECONOMIST: Japanese banks

Addressing both of these challenges is widely expected by economists to involve many more months or years of grindingly slow growth or even recession.

BBC: Spain's recession worsens in the fourth quarter

If Europe's leaders fail to deal with the weaknesses in the single currency exposed by the crisis, the continent could face years of grindingly low growth.

BBC: Europe's Eastern periphery

Imagine for a moment that as a nation, we were grindingly poor, and had only religion (but not employment, health care, or adequate food) for comfort.

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But while parents in this area supported the Sheikh's war on graft and welcomed his financial help in this grindingly poor place, they felt differently when their children started to vanish.

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Organic growth, in a mature market, is grindingly slow.

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The Congress party, which heads the federal government, is looking to rebuild its reputation after being hit by allegations of corruption, and criticism that its grindingly slow policy mechanism has stunted economic growth.

WSJ: Congress Party Wins Karnataka Poll

The Congress party, which heads the ruling coalition at the national level, is looking to rebuild its reputation after struggling in its second term against allegations of corruption, and criticism that its grindingly slow policy mechanism has stunted economic growth.

WSJ: Congress Set to Win Karnataka Poll