sag
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Together, they are intended to support the muscles of the throat so the airway is less likely to sag or collapse during sleep.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
National rail said heat can cause overhead lines to expand and sag, line-side fires and also rails to buckle.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Our efforts tend to sag when we feel comfortable in our roles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2025
When the boy’s not looking, Jamie’s shoulders sag as he trudges up the stairs to Isla’s sickbed, showing us a hint of adult complexities he alone understands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
During my second week in the enclosure, giant green gourds began to soften and sag and drop from the trees.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
Home buyers are scoring the biggest discounts in over a decade as the housing market sags from weak demand.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 2, 2026
Ryan Sweet, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, described the current picture as a jobless expansion, when GDP increases but the job market sags.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Gold and stocks have been rallying together to record highs, as the dollar sags and bond yields go sideways.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
If hamburgers are sandwiches, Subway’s food faces competition from many more restaurants such as Burger King and McDonald’s, and the potential sandwich monopoly idea sags.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
She stands on one foot, then the other, her feet must hurt; her spine sags slightly.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
In this scenario, dense, water-rich portions of Earth's cooler outer crust periodically sagged downward and collapsed into the hotter mantle, transporting water with them.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
This week, that mark had sagged to 40%, as shown in the chart below.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
Strip out precious metals, and exports sagged 0.7% on-month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
It isn’t as if the stock sagged consistently.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
It wasn’t just her head that went down this time—her entire body sagged after Alexia’s nasty comment.
From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea
Her protagonist - who is 50 - has a slight obsession with sagging skin, which will no doubt strike a chord with many.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Immediately noticeable were the sagging eaves, the multitude of leaks from the roof, the dried out, splintered mahogany and the battered exterior woodwork, which had suffered seven decades of winds from the Sound.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
In this alternate universe, beautiful people have pig snouts, distorted mouths, and sagging cheeks.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
A produce lobby group asked U.S. health officials to change how they communicate about the recent parasite outbreak, citing sagging sales of fruit and vegetables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The small, sagging house in front of her has faded gingerbread trim.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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