lie/remain/sit dormant The legislation was drafted and then lay dormant in Parliament for months. (Definition of âdormantâ from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press)
(film) Enemy of the State is a 1998 American conspiracy-thriller film directed by Tony Scott, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and written by David Marconi. The film stars Will Smith and Gene Hackman, with Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Gabriel Byrne, Loren Dean, Jake Busey, Barry Pepper, and Regina King in supporting roles. The film tells the story of a group of NSA agents conspiring to kill a Congressman and the cover up that ensues after a tape of the murder is discovered. The film was released on November 2
Content to guzzle Cheerwine and pop Goo Goo Clusters with his bossy and all-around unpleasant fiancÃ©e Jandice (the Emmy-winning Kate McKinnon, a scene-stealer here), David has never left his native North Carolina and is, as the filmâs sarcastic title implies, the stateâs least likely criminal mastermind.