straggles

verb

present tense third-person singular of straggle
as in strays

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strays
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  • But for the most part, the further the narrative strays from the search at its center, the clunkier its reliance on synecdoche becomes.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
  • Eyes glaze over when the subject strays too far from Memeworld.
    — Nick H. Penniman, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
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