as in leisurely
moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed
a mysterious, cloaked figure with a strange, dragging walk
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1
as in pulling
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 delaying
to move or act slowly
one of the climbers was beginning to drag
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as in crawling
to move slowly
the play dragged and seemed to take forever to get to its predictable conclusion
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Recent Examples of dragging
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
According to the criminal complaint, the boy told police Diggs began choking him before dragging him into the nearby alley.
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Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Tech is dragging global stock markets lower Tuesday, with the sell-off driven primarily by chipmakers.
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Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
In one stunning shot, a dragon surges into battle, casually dragging a toe across the water.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
Jace’s dragon Vermax is then struck with a ballista bolt, dragging Jace into the water.
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Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
22 June 2026
The man’s emergency parachute deployed outside the airplane, dragging him into the horizontal stabilizer.
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Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
22 June 2026
The chaos allows a Triarchy ship to harpoon Jace's dragon, Vermax, dragging the flailing creature down into the ocean, along with Rhaenyra's heir.
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Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 June 2026
And then on Tuesday, tragedy struck again when an alligator snatched 2-year-old Lane Graves who was playing on the beach at Walt Disney World’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa, dragging the boy into the Seven Seas Lagoon.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2026
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Yet the latest round of fighting has underscored the group’s resilience, dragging Lebanon into a regional war and drawing the Israeli military back to a familiar southern Lebanon terrain.
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Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
According to the criminal complaint, the boy told police Diggs began choking him before dragging him into the nearby alley.
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Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Tech is dragging global stock markets lower Tuesday, with the sell-off driven primarily by chipmakers.
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Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
In one stunning shot, a dragon surges into battle, casually dragging a toe across the water.
—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
Jace’s dragon Vermax is then struck with a ballista bolt, dragging Jace into the water.
—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
22 June 2026
The man’s emergency parachute deployed outside the airplane, dragging him into the horizontal stabilizer.
—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
22 June 2026
The chaos allows a Triarchy ship to harpoon Jace's dragon, Vermax, dragging the flailing creature down into the ocean, along with Rhaenyra's heir.
—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 June 2026
And then on Tuesday, tragedy struck again when an alligator snatched 2-year-old Lane Graves who was playing on the beach at Walt Disney World’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa, dragging the boy into the Seven Seas Lagoon.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dragging
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That was when the lensman captured the social set at their leisurely and often strikingly dressed best.
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Perhaps the biggest problem with this movie is that Supergirl (Helen Slater) seems terribly leisurely about her fateful mission.
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Workers were dispatched throughout La Guaira and parts of Caracas, where families and volunteers have spent the last few days pulling survivors and bodies from the wreckage despite a lack of heavy equipment and limited guidance from authorities.
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Rescuers have fanned out across La Guaira, where the worst destruction occurred, and parts of Caracas, where families and volunteers have spent days pulling survivors and victims from the rubble.
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The company is a major investor in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and a report in The New York Times suggested OpenAI is considering delaying an initial public offering of its stock to next year from the second half of this year.
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The company is a major investor in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and a report in The New York Times suggested OpenAI is considering delaying an initial public offering of its stock to next year from the second half of this year.
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Add a Physical Barrier Since ticks prefer to hide in grass and other plants and brush, adding a non-plant barrier like wood chips or gravel can stop ticks from ever crawling into your yard.
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The video shows an officer tumbling on the ground, crawling in front of a parked car for cover and ultimately becoming fully prone.
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What to expect over the weekend Though Friday was expected to be the slowest day of the competition, the atmosphere at Cal Expo was anything but dull.
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Some residents are calling for civilian volunteers to help clear debris, frustrated by the slow pace of the rescue operations.
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The post included several pictures of a heavy construction vehicle hauling large boxes of supplies.
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Garcia, a member of United Autoworkers Local 2335, was taking a break from hauling debris at a decimated home on Taft Place in Merrillville when the men walked up en masse to join the effort.
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But for a growing number of older people, those retirement years are arriving with lingering debt problems attached.
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Irving remains on the roster amid lingering questions about his future after missing all of last season.
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Best Prime Day Matching Sets for Summer Summer temperatures are already creeping in, serving as a friendly reminder that pants aren’t always a fit for June.
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Humidity starts creeping back up on Thursday.
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“Dragging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dragging. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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