dragging

Example Sentences

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Then, Sanders criticized members of Congress for dragging their feet on AI legislation.

From Barron's

“You’d see the enthusiastic eighth-grader dragging the skeptical parents” to open house events years ago, said Tom Hickey, the superintendent of South Shore Regional Vocational Technical High School.

From The Wall Street Journal

Loan restructurings can take years to sort through, tying up capital and dragging down values, keeping stocks under pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal

And accusations that the Church has been dragging its feet keep coming.

From BBC

Because of the war, young men are scarce and morale is dragging, so putting together a choir with the right range of voices will take some ingenuity, and an effort to breach the usual boundaries.

From The Wall Street Journal