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

Behind him, a mature Joshua tree was dying, its graying limbs drooping sadly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 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

According to the exhibition catalog, “Aso Oke” was inspired by the handwoven openwork fabric of Nigeria’s Yoruba people, as well as the drooping fila gobi ceremonial cap worn by Yoruba men.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

With his face in his hands and his handkerchief headgear drooping low over his brow, Zooey sat at Seymour’s old desk, inert, but not asleep, for a good twenty minutes.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger