The bad weather slowed efforts to inspect the piers that gave way and caused the bridge to buckle before it fell.

The rules have slowed efforts to list abroad.

The persistent bickering, some members say, has slowed efforts to take action on almost any issue.

Security problems have slowed efforts to ship food into Afghanistan and reopen aid offices.

That could slow international efforts to coax Pyongyang toward nuclear inspections.

Civil rights leaders say that the delays in filling the vacancies have slowed efforts to turn around 12 years of Republican retrenchment.

The lack of available markets has slowed municipal recycling efforts.

One example involves researchers who are slowing efforts to test and market computers with artificial intelligence because of potential lawsuits.

This distracted us from effective governing and slowed efforts to create a real and lasting change.

Some who escaped said that disconnected water hoses slowed efforts to fight the blaze.