drooping

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Those figures are a remarkable contrast to the drooping ratings for CBS’s other mainstay news programs in the morning External link and evening External link.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Another possibility is that people will use their refund money to build rainy-day funds, at a time when savings rates are drooping.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

And there are plenty of hybrid creatures, apocalyptic nightmares, strange juxtapositions and drooping abnormalities of the melting-watch variety.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

A true rock ’n’ roll persona, the artist was once rarely seen without a drooping cigarette and a top hat, the latter of which could barely contain his face-engulfing curly hair.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

It was the last of the regiment’s stay in Meryton, and all the young ladies in the neighbourhood were drooping apace.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen