straggler
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If you’re a straggler, though, you can always catch up with some other recent quality shows, including “Sugar,” “Widow’s Bay,” ”Star City” and “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed” to make it worth your while.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Consumer spending data was OK, excluding cars, along with straggler earnings from the likes of FedEx and General Mills, which reported reasonable numbers.
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
And if he were to one day find a red straggler with the right surface features to indicate a primordial black hole?
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 13, 2023
The maker of the Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models has scored great success with its hybrids and fuel cells, but it has at times been seen as a straggler in electric vehicles.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
I picked up only a straggler from the albacore that were feeding.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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The Pearl
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