Boarding a vessel on the Nile is to peel back millennia and slow down to river speed as ancient temples, oxcarts and palm trees pass by, unaltered since Pharaohs ruled the roost.

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Rounding a bend, de Souza motioned the boatman to slow down as the river became narrow, the jungle thick and verdant.

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The river's slow pace has given emergency responders more time to prepare, forecasters said.

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Bridges were repaired, but cross-river traffic and trade was slow to recover.

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Gloucestershire Highways said the "very slow and flat peak" of the river would mean the situation with closed roads would continue for a few more days.

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The process for seeking approval from federal agencies is so disjointed and slow that pushing a line over a national park or river might as well be crossing the Styx.

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Our way to the river cut between two walled orchards, and the convoy, a long line of slow-moving trucks, was taking fire from both sides.

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