trailing

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Investor Corvex Management called for a sale of Premier Inn owner Whitbread WTB -0.78%decrease; red down pointing triangle as the company struggles to turn around a weak performance and a trailing share price.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

This correlation between crash probability and trailing two-year return is plotted in the chart above.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

"Losing my dad and my two sisters in less than a month..." she told AFP, trailing off.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

No NBA team has ever come back to win a series when trailing 3-0, with those teams holding a 161-0 record.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

That’s why I find myself at the mall, trailing behind her as she finishes her Christmas shopping.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée