straggled

past tense of straggle

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strayed
Verb
  • Regulators are questioning whether OpenAI has strayed from its original public-benefit mission in favor of commercial growth—recent suicides linked to ChatGPT have also complicated the issue.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 12 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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“Straggled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straggled. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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