See slow burn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2023 August 22, Peter Lewis, “AI is not a one-time bomb, but a slow burn of devastation that is consuming jobs and culture”, in The Guardian:",
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"Alternative form of slow-burn."
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