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Recent Examples of straggle
Then Paixão noticed him straggling behind the others, carrying a much lighter load, and dressed him down again.
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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
As pupils straggled in, the teachers offered a cheery hello or simply ignored them.
—Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
Or force it to straggle along for 10 years?
—Michael Zakaras, Forbes, 26 May 2022
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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
As pupils straggled in, the teachers offered a cheery hello or simply ignored them.
—Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
Or force it to straggle along for 10 years?
—Michael Zakaras, Forbes, 26 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straggle
stray
Verb
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Although the film strays drastically from Stephen King's novel, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is a complex film that teeters between the psychological and supernatural horror subgenres.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Hunter could always shoot, but help defenders would stray off him if a driver infiltrated the lane.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Straggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straggle. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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