As constrained budgets have sagged under the weight of rising medical costs, leaders have found themselves spurred to action, despite the potent risks of threatening established stakeholders or cherished benefits.
As the confidence of industry has sagged, so, too, the vast surplus in our balance of payments has melted away.
Is it any wonder that it sagged beneath what was practically an impossible burden?
As business developed and made use of the currency, there came a period of deflation, and trade sagged again.
This morale has sagged over a period through lack of sufficient training opportunities, lack of ammunition—or lack of live ammunition—for training, lack of helicopters, and so on.
Initially the market has today sagged somewhat.
Under extreme fire exposure the beams and girders sagged and twisted and cracks appeared in the concrete floors.
The country's defenses sagged as border guards went unpaid, fortresses fell into disrepair, and initiatives to increase taxes to reinforce defenses were stifled.
