as in dragged
to move slowly
the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles
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Verb
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Petzold dragged his chair a little closer to listen.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026 -
As the suspect began to drive off, the 66-year-old woman was dragged by the car, and her mother was run over, court documents show.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Back then, the French capital’s central road networks crawled with automobiles.—
Lisa Courbebaisse,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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One roach crawled near his dead buddy and three raised a reach-in cooler with food across from the cookline.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
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West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark for domestic oil prices, has remained at or below $100 per barrel for nearly two weeks, while Brent Crude, the benchmark for international oil prices, has crept back up toward $110.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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While Chavez was a controversial figure even in his own era, a dark shadow crept over his legacy as reactions began pouring in Wednesday, after one of his strongest allies, Dolores Huerta, 96, posted a statement on her foundation’s website accusing him of rape.—
Ryan Carter,
Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Stewart eventually shuffled out, commenting on how his bedhead resembled Little Richard’s.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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But when Zohran Mamdani proposed a property-tax hike, predictions shuffled wildly.—
Molly Osberg,
Curbed,
16 Mar. 2026
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Since then, the president has repeatedly poked at the vulnerability.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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Many spectators poked fun at the efforts of Chicago police to confiscate and collect BORGs in viral posts over the weekend.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Snailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snailed. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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