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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
The narrators of these songs don’t worry about betraying an oath or straying from a traditional role; friends and family figure only as concerned characters wondering whether their newly single buddy is okay.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2025
In the sixth, Alonso strayed too far off first on Jeff McNeil’s lineout to short — the only one of the outs that Mendoza referred to as a mistake.
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