straggler

Example Sentences

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Alexandria Real Estate Equities was another straggler in 2025, with shares of the real estate investment trust falling 50%.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

And if he were to one day find a red straggler with the right surface features to indicate a primordial black hole?

From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2023

The maker of the Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models has scored great success with its hybrids and fuel cells, but it has at times been seen as a straggler in electric vehicles.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2022

He picked up the last straggler, a man running down a road with his cat in a cage.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2022

Last of all came a straggler, all skin and bones, hobbling on a twisted foot.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer