trailing

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Over the past year, XLE has been the second-best performing sector, rallying 45% and trailing only technology.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Across the state, county and city ballot measures raising levies are trailing or have been defeated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Hydee Feldstein Soto failed to make the runoff, trailing Deputy Atty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

That would compare with trailing price/sales ratios of 3.6 for the S&P 500 and 11.2 for the index’s information technology sector, according to data provided by FactSet.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Bryson knew they were trailing him because he'd never seen them walk this way before and was pretty sure they didn't live on his side of the neighborhood.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds