trailing

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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

Private credit default rates have been rising for a while now, peaking at 5.8% in January before falling to 5.4% in the trailing 12-month period ended in February, according to Fitch Ratings.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

For comparison, OpenAI said last week that it’s generating $2 billion a month, which “likely implies” that it’s trailing Anthropic on a run-rate basis, according to Jefferies analyst Brent Thill.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

This game ended with Lauren Betts blocking Madison Booker’s layup attempt with 18 seconds remaining and Texas trailing by just three.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Next to it was a basket of particularly big seer fish with their tails trailing out on the sand.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook