sys.dm_exec_requests is my bestest buddy in the whole world. It's my go to position for this type of scenario. Assuming no long running query or blocking scenario, I might expand out to look at system resources to see if something is going on with the server, but you've already nailed it, sys.dm_exec_request.
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