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
And the one straggler in that group is Draymond Green.
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Zach Harper, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
Get those ballots filled out, stragglers.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2026
The last few stragglers are set to report quarterly results this week.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2025
Its companions are four Russian mobsters — stragglers from the previous season — laying on their stomachs with their necks outstretched over the rail.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
The last Orionid stragglers usually appear sometime in early to mid-November.
—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
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
Zach Harper, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
Get those ballots filled out, stragglers.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2026
The last few stragglers are set to report quarterly results this week.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2025
Its companions are four Russian mobsters — stragglers from the previous season — laying on their stomachs with their necks outstretched over the rail.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
The last Orionid stragglers usually appear sometime in early to mid-November.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for straggler
snail
Noun
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And perhaps most importantly, two Zamboni machines moved, at the typical snail’s pace, across the surface.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
4 Feb. 2026
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For biologists and engineers alike, studying this snail’s armor is nothing short of fascinating.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Straggler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straggler. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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