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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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Cornyn was quick to respond, reposting remarks from Jonah Wendt, communication director for former Vice President Mike Pence’s Advancing American Freedom, implicitly accusing TPUSA of straying from its founder’s vision with the endorsement.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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Religious concepts like original sin remind us that people stray from the path of goodness as part of human nature.—
Tara Sonenshine,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Straggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straggle. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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