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However, the company’s premium customers, including Apple, should support its electronic-components business, with new product wins, customer-share gains and growing participation in artificial-intelligence-enabled wearables likely to offset some drag, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

This marks the second round of capital infusion in less than two years and comes as China’s growth momentum is sputtering, with robust exports failing to offset the drag from tepid domestic demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

"Uncertainty in the planning system is a drag on economic growth, investment and infrastructure delivery. In the City, where schemes are complex, constrained and require significant upfront investment, that doubt is especially damaging."

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

He might not have any offers, but he doesn’t drag the rest of the group down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

I pat the chair I just fixed, and then drag over a large cardboard box of books for her to use as a desk.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Parents like John Sr. and Bernadette realize how heavily heroism drags on a person, and the exhaustion of being the first or the only to breathe rare air in exclusive company.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

And nobody’s seen him, but she knows and they’re arguing and the kid comes over, she has a little chair that she drags everywhere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Kerkez passes the ball to Ngumoha before making a run in-behind which drags defenders away from the ball.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Four years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine set off an energy crisis, European countries face new questions about natural gas security as the war in the Middle East drags on.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

The session drags on for a torturous eternity that is just another twenty minutes.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Josh Acheampong: Often dragged into uncomfortable areas by Tzolis from a tactical perspective, but handled his individual defensive duties well.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

He has described being dragged face-down underneath the Morgan Super 3 car for about 50 metres.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Stocks in the continent drifted more broadly, as weakness in oil majors and luxury stocks dragged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Investment fell slightly, dragged down by a hefty fall in the field of machinery and equipment.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

At twenty feet they both waded into the water, grabbed Nicole under her arms, and dragged her to shore.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

Successive heat spells have roasted the continent since May, bringing temperatures of 40C and above -- and dragging drought and devastating wildfires in their wake.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Spurs, noticing this, quickly move the ball back towards the left - ready to attack the space opened up by Tonali dragging players with him.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

“I’m dragging him to brunch and trying to get him to golf with me — never happened.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

For Europe, the summer of 2026 looks like a new normal, with heat waves dragging on productivity and disrupting logistics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Who are now dragging kitchen chairs into the living room to stand on.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller