straggle
Example Sentences
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In the longer races, some competitors would straggle to the finish line well after Heiden had won and departed.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2022
The emails that straggle through are litanies of the wreckage he’s seeing every day, interspersed with guilt and remorse at their separation.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2021
The move comes as lawmakers straggle back to Washington for an abbreviated preelection session, as hopes are dimming for another coronavirus relief bill — or much else.”
From Fox News • Sep. 8, 2020
“He could finish third in Iowa and straggle in here, in which case he’d almost certainly finish third here in as well and then go home,” Scala said.
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2015
The sun is just peeking over the horizon when we straggle back to the twelfth floor of the Training Center.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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The Hobbit
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The Stranger
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