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Recent Examples of straggleThen Paixão noticed him straggling behind the others, carrying a much lighter load, and dressed him down again.—Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023 Cal and San Jose State have both leaned into collectives, but still are straggling behind powerhouse programs in their own conference as well as the SEC and the Big Ten.—Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2023 Or force it to straggle along for 10 years?—Michael Zakaras, Forbes, 26 May 2022 Lowe didn’t straggle far behind.—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for straggle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for straggle
stray
Verb
But the attention will never stray from one primary goal, Wyle added.
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19 Aug. 2025
The Context Willett said a driver was turning onto a road, strayed from it and crashed into the building, rupturing a natural gas line—and left the scene in the vehicle before being found afterward.
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