as in snail
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
by three o'clock, only a few stragglers were still making their painful way to the marathon's finish
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Recent Examples of straggler
The last Orionid stragglers usually appear sometime in early to mid-November.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Lightly prune the fern to remove dead fronds, long stragglers, and any fronds that are damaged.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
There were very few stragglers, if any, arriving late.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Weakened stragglers were shot or simply collapsed and died on the road.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Migration typically peaks in September, but stragglers may still pass through in October depending on the region.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
Despite some stragglers, the big picture is of soaring demand for AI, but even with the vast sums being invested in European data centers, supply is still struggling to keep up.
—Tasmin Lockwood, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Lightly prune the fern to remove dead fronds, long stragglers, and any fronds that are damaged.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
There were very few stragglers, if any, arriving late.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Weakened stragglers were shot or simply collapsed and died on the road.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Migration typically peaks in September, but stragglers may still pass through in October depending on the region.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
Despite some stragglers, the big picture is of soaring demand for AI, but even with the vast sums being invested in European data centers, supply is still struggling to keep up.
—Tasmin Lockwood, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for straggler
snail
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Moles eat insects, snail larvae, spiders, and small invertebrates, but their favorite foods are earthworms and white grubs.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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In addition to sea slugs, other snails have been known to graze on bryozoan.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Straggler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straggler. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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