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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straggled
Verb
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However, the video review found that one of their players strayed offside by the narrowest of margins in the build-up.—
Graham Scott,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026 -
Of course, some young actors haven't strayed from the business, hosting a podcast or working as an entertainment lawyer, for example.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The pair’s snow boots tramped the nearly week-old Kansas City snow, two candles clutched in their small hands.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
30 Jan. 2026
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Virginia Woolf tramped along the Cornish coast; Oliver Sacks was known to swim; Haruki Murakami is an accomplished runner.—
Bonnie Tsui,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Straggled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straggled. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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