drag
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Beijing will release its latest house price index as markets watch for signs of whether the prolonged downturn in housing prices, which has been a key drag on household wealth, will continue to deepen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Read more: Micron, Marvell drag the tech sector into a new bearish phase.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
And despite the cooling drag of a La Niña event, 2025 still came in as the third warmest year on record, hotter even than the super El Niño year of 2016.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Equity offerings dilute existing shareholders, so they tend to drag down a stock.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
I drag myself upstairs, put out the sleeping mat, find my pillow, and pull the blanket over my head.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
Vocabulary lists containing drag
Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Introductory
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Physics - Introductory
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