as in snails
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 stragglers
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 stragglers
snails
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The range of the monster drawings included primitive people, giant spiders, serpents, snails and fantastical fish.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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The giant snails are found only in the Ruahine, Kaweka and Kaimanawa mountain ranges in the lower central region of New Zealand’s North Island.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Stragglers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stragglers. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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