lag behind
Example Sentences
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But he’d begun to rush the move, which caused his arm to lag behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Average hourly earnings for all employees were up 3.0 percent year-on-year, with wages continuing to lag behind stubbornly high inflation -- meaning most workers are seeing real wage losses.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Open models lag behind frontier labs by only a few months, driving down the cost for both defenders and attackers alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
According to the OECD, Britain's low adoption of robotics is "surprising" given its manufacturing heritage, noting that while UK firms have embraced mature digital technologies, they lag behind in robotics and automation.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Mackenzie drags my parents onto an entertainment pier—roller coasters, bumper cars—and although I try to go with them, I lag behind and can’t catch up.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
