1
as in pulled
to cause to follow by applying steady force on
the deliveryman dragged the barrels over against the wall
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2
as in lingered
to move or act slowly
one of the climbers was beginning to drag
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as in crawled
to move slowly
the play dragged and seemed to take forever to get to its predictable conclusion
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Recent Examples of dragged
But as the crisis dragged on over six days and pressure from the families of the hostages grew, Israeli leaders gradually became more open to talks, according to a summary of the files released by the Israel State Archives.
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Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Around Christmas 2024 the Estlink 2 cable between Finland and Estonia went down after a shadow-fleet tanker, the Eagle S, dragged its anchor across the seabed.
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Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
In the case of was, wand, wash and the rest, what has happened is that the /w/ rounded the following vowel, and also dragged it backwards in the mouth.
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Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
He was chained and dragged behind a motorcycle.
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Janine Di Giovanni,
Vanity Fair,
25 June 2026
Janneh died because a person hit her with a car and then dragged her body.
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Boston Herald Editorial Staff,
Boston Herald,
24 June 2026
Everybody winced when Igor Tudor dragged Kinsky off the pitch after 17 minutes of Tottenham’s embarrassing defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Acrimonious divorce talks dragged on for years.
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ABC News,
23 June 2026
In that second leadership election, he was roundly defeated by Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran socialist whose victory dragged the party leftwards.
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Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Around Christmas 2024 the Estlink 2 cable between Finland and Estonia went down after a shadow-fleet tanker, the Eagle S, dragged its anchor across the seabed.
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Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
In the case of was, wand, wash and the rest, what has happened is that the /w/ rounded the following vowel, and also dragged it backwards in the mouth.
—
Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
He was chained and dragged behind a motorcycle.
—
Janine Di Giovanni,
Vanity Fair,
25 June 2026
Janneh died because a person hit her with a car and then dragged her body.
—
Boston Herald Editorial Staff,
Boston Herald,
24 June 2026
Everybody winced when Igor Tudor dragged Kinsky off the pitch after 17 minutes of Tottenham’s embarrassing defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.
—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Acrimonious divorce talks dragged on for years.
—
ABC News,
23 June 2026
In that second leadership election, he was roundly defeated by Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran socialist whose victory dragged the party leftwards.
—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dragged
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After the network successfully pulled together a motley crew of Real Housewives offspring and their Manhattan socialite friends last year, the gang is back for a second season in the city.
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Arraez pulled a 1-1 curveball from the Athletics’ Aaron Civale off the top of his right foot and collapsed to the ground in pain.
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Yet, the same themes of access and power have lingered around the presidency in the eight decades since.
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The claim that creatine causes hair loss has lingered since 2009, shaping decisions for gym-goers and athletes weighing whether to add it to their routine.
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Street sweepers and garbage trucks crawled through roads fans had packed hours earlier.
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Last December, a rat appeared from the overhead bins and crawled behind a curtain in the cabin while a flight was en route from Amsterdam to Aruba, according to previous reporting from USA TODAY.
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Pigs that were being hauled by the semi could be heard squealing at the scene.
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The tractor rumbled onward, into the sun, hammering over a divot where a tree had been cut long ago, its stump hauled away.
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The theory here is that avarice and ambition can best be defeated by means of somebody else’s avarice and ambition; power’s inevitable corrupting effect is thereby mitigated or delayed.
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Automatic contributions, delayed payment windows, small rituals that add friction to impulse spending — these are all behavioral architecture moves, not acts of self-denial.
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Daily drops of 5% and 4% were followed by a 16% slump as jitters crept into the market.
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On this Hornets team, which crept close to the playoffs last season but still didn’t make it for the 10th year in a row, these two first-round picks aren’t going to start right away unless someone gets hurt.
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In bringing a piece of her mother to the event, Obama tugged at a feeling that many will relate to – wishing a late family member could be with you during life’s milestone moments.
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His young daughter tugged at him.
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Griffin also poked at the cohosts in the immediate aftermath of Hasselbeck and former View moderator Rosie O'Donnell's legendary on-air fight in 2007, as Griffin was a guest host the following day and brought up the incident numerous times — which annoyed Walters in the moment.
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Late in the third, the Knights seemed to retake the lead after Pavel Dorofeyev poked home a loose puck.
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“Dragged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dragged. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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