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 crawled
to move or act slowly
one of the climbers was beginning to drag
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as in crept
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
Homeland Security officials said Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez resisted arrest and dragged an officer in his car.
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a man who resisted arrest and dragged the officer during a vehicle stop in a Chicago suburb Friday morning, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
—Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Lively’s team has argued that Baldoni’s side has repeatedly dragged Swift into the case in order to attract media attention.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Emiliano Buendia dragged his shot wide, yet Emery, fleetingly, was energised.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
After being struck from behind, he was dragged to the ground and mauled him, with other lions joined in, per Khaosod English.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
His life was going nowhere, until his brother Scott dragged him off the couch and convinced Dean to sign up with his acting coach, Bill Esper.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Mitchell was then dragged outside to the valet area, and a female Hyatt employee grabbed a broomstick and struck Mitchell with it.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But its attempts to rein in IBM as a monopoly dragged on for more than a decade.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Michael Loria, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a man who resisted arrest and dragged the officer during a vehicle stop in a Chicago suburb Friday morning, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
—Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Lively’s team has argued that Baldoni’s side has repeatedly dragged Swift into the case in order to attract media attention.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Emiliano Buendia dragged his shot wide, yet Emery, fleetingly, was energised.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
After being struck from behind, he was dragged to the ground and mauled him, with other lions joined in, per Khaosod English.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
His life was going nowhere, until his brother Scott dragged him off the couch and convinced Dean to sign up with his acting coach, Bill Esper.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Mitchell was then dragged outside to the valet area, and a female Hyatt employee grabbed a broomstick and struck Mitchell with it.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But its attempts to rein in IBM as a monopoly dragged on for more than a decade.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dragged
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They were pulled from the Red Barn, a local landmark dating to the early 1900s in this small community southwest of the Keweenaw Peninsula.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Season 3 was the series’ most volatile yet, with every storyline pulled taut to the breaking point.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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One roach crawled on the floor by the prep table.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Insects crawled through clinical areas, and staff food was stored alongside medical supplies.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Chicago's wild card lead over the San Diego Padres has crept down to just two games with a little under three weeks remaining in the season.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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The jobs report from July shattered the narrative that the economy of 2025 was strong, revising previous figures downward and revealing something close to an 80% collapse in hiring, even as inflation crept upwards and layoffs rolled.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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George Zinn was one of those captured in viral video footage being apprehended and hauled away by Utah authorities at the school following the murder.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Ryugu samples hauled home by Hayabusa2 contained larger quantities of hafnium isotopes compared to lutetium isotopes than were expected.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Next, a series of lawsuits delayed construction.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
9 Sep. 2025
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New natural gas plants are being delayed until the 2030s because of a 50-month backlog for natural gas turbines, and new nuclear power plants can take more than a decade to get off the ground.—
Brian Deese,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Sep. 2025
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Budget cuts are about to bring big changes to San Diego’s 37 neighborhood library branches — including shorter hours, shuffled staff and rescheduled activities.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
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Over the past two months, he’s been shuffled through three detention centers despite attempts to pay a bond set by the immigration judge.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
22 Aug. 2025
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This one may have tugged at your deepest insecurities around intimacy, trust, and vulnerability, pushing you to face the places where pride has sometimes acted as a shield.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
7 Sep. 2025
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But almost as soon as that hopefulness returned, it was tugged away when ownership decided to slash payroll.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
12 Aug. 2025
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The same cautious and concerned mood that overshadowed the start of the Fall/Winter 2026-2027 denim season in April lingered through to its final event.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Sep. 2025
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But inside, the pain of tumbling from first to 19th lingered.—
Zach Sweet,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Dragged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dragged. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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