dragging

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ASML, Europe’s most valuable company, fell 4.4% in Amsterdam, dragging the AEX down 0.2%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Gomes Akay was seen two days later dragging a large suitcase from the hotel.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

But the listing prompted at least two peptide companies to sue the FDA, arguing it was dragging its feet on creating the bulks list of allowed compounding substances.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

U.S. stocks extended their slide on Friday, dragging the Nasdaq deeper into correction territory and pulling the S&P 500 closer to one.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

He saw Chet coming through the Employees Only door, dragging Mimi with one hand and her friend Janie with the other.

From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon