lagging

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His campaign didn’t survive, but those problems—tens of thousands of people without housing, costs crunching millions of people with housing, and lagging crisis response—are real.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Domestic pressure has been building on the prime minister to reach a deal, with the Conservative opposition citing Canada's lagging economic growth and high youth unemployment rate.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

While a financial win for SpaceX, the Anthropic deal was also viewed as a sign that the Grok model was lagging.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

A series of missteps, including a foray into renewable energy that failed to deliver promised returns, had left BP’s shares lagging behind peers and investor confidence waning.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Once the concrete had set, the lagging was removed and the centering was lowered and moved onto the scaffolding of the next bay.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay