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stagger along



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A lot of the drummers I used tried to straighten out the beat but my real intention was to never straighten it out, to have it stagger along.

From The Guardian Sep. 26, 2012

Having escaped from the caverns, Lara has to stagger along a coastal path and into a jungle area to locate any other survivors of the crash.

From The Guardian Jun. 5, 2012

With odd jobs and her husband’s — albeit shriveled — earnings, she could stagger along.

From New York Times Sep. 20, 2010

It takes no extrasensory perception to divine the public mood, though Beatrice Schmidt, a parapsychologist in Greentree, Pa., predicts that Nixon may "stagger along for a year and then resign."

From Time Magazine Archive

He pulls up short, picks up a bag, which was very heavy, for it was all he could do to stagger along with it.

From Ted Strong's Motor Car by Edward C. Taylor




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