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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straggled
Verb
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Their conversation strayed beyond defense, touching on baseball in general, how Davis came up in the game, the community in the sport.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026 -
The award-winning actress strayed from her signature soft wave aesthetic with the help of stylist Bryce Scarlett, whose A-list client roster also includes Mia Goth, Charli XCX and Hailey Bieber.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
29 Jan. 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 9 Feb. 2026.
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