trailing

Example Sentences

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Now in his 18th season, Durant played the second-most total minutes of any player this season, trailing only 23-year-old teammate Amen Thompson.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The company will use the vast bulk of the proceeds from the IPO to reduce its ample debt of $5.7 billion to a more manageable $3.5 billion, or about four times trailing adjusted Ebitda.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

The home side were trailing 2-0 after Noah Okafor's first-half double when the Argentine tried to stop the Leeds attacker by holding his hair in an off-the-ball incident, after being caught in the face himself.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Polls show her trailing Graham Platner, the tattooed oysterman endorsed by Bernie Sanders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

One by one, they filed into the small house, their shadows trailing on the ground beside them.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova