straggle

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Recent Examples of straggle 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 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
  • In November 2022, when early reports blamed a Russian missile for straying into Poland and killing two Polish farmers, then-US President Joe Biden was traveling in Indonesia was told about the crisis.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This is the furthest Supermassive Games has strayed from the cinematic and orchestrated vision that defined the last 10 years of the studio.
    Echo Apsey, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Straggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straggle. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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