poke along
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Let’s try one question: Is it right for bicyclists to cut to the head of a line of cars at a stoplight, then poke along, impeding traffic?
From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2019
When the light turns green, they’ll poke along at a snail’s pace, holding up traffic while motorists wait for a chance to pass.
From Washington Post
For now, we poke along on the ancient Big Spruce double, eyeing fresh lines tucked into the folds of the broad slope below.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They poke along in unpressurized DC-45 at 8,000 ft., doing 220 to 240 m.p.h. v.
From Time Magazine Archive
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You had to poke along with your cylinders spitting, and just whistle and yell—sort of blow them off into the snow-drifts.
From The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)