drag
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The Chapter One gatherings quickly taught me how the long lulls broken up by spurts of passion that I once found a drag were actually as stirring as a religious experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
A drag queen would cut through the room like a flare.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
A basket of European technology stocks is 2.4% lower, helping drag the Europe-wide Stoxx 600 down 0.6%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
"I am worried that this war will drag on... but thank God we're in a country that protects us."
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
It was hard enough just to imagine that Imogene ever was a baby, let alone a baby with her own blanket to drag around and hang on to.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
Mukhopadhyay believes that if the protest drags on for another few days, "it is going to be a big problem for the government".
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Tesla for instance drags the automotive sector into growth, just as Amazon does for consumer discretionary and retail.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
"There's no-one home, it's dark, and still, he can't sleep. His day rhythm drags him up."
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
“A sharp move in either name drags the whole index with it before the other roughly nine hundred listed companies get a say,” said Zavier Wong at eToro.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The snows began to melt, and the wet mud that was exposed was thick and heavy, the kind of mud that clings to your boots and drags you down.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
The £12,570 threshold has been frozen since 2021, resulting in more people being dragged into paying tax as earnings increase.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
This time, FBI Director Kash Patel was reportedly dragged into the White House for an eight-hour Friday strategy session to micromanage the leak investigation.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
The blue-chip index was dragged down by a 25% plunge in IBM shares after the tech company issued a stark profit warning to investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
And he really dragged them over the coals for a long time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
They were in a horrible tangle but he dragged them along the top until he was well below the waterfall, where he scrambled down the bank with the team almost literally falling on him.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
“We believe that some of the anecdotes dragging the stocks down in recent days have been about those parts of the market.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
He also joked with schoolchildren that he hoped he had not "ruined the holidays too much by dragging you in here".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
His films are designed to be all-consuming experiences, opening in media res, grabbing the viewer by the ankle and dragging them into action already in progress.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
U.S. chip stocks are are selling off, dragging the Nasdaq composite lower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
With wings flapping and long legs dragging in the water, he took off down the river.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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