drag on

Example Sentences

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Should the conflict drag on much longer, Americans might need to get used to paying $4 a gallon for gasoline, she said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Should the conflict drag on much longer, Americans might need to get used to paying $4 a gallon for gasoline, she said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

The war looks likely to drag on into April—at the very least—and into earnings season.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

While the Chinese smartphone maker could pass on some memory cost increases to consumers, the drag on its profitability and demand could be more significant than S&P previously estimated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Multiply these daily frustrations by a few billion, and you begin to see that the curse of knowledge is a pervasive drag on the strivings of humanity, on a par with corruption, disease, and entropy.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker