straggles

present tense third-person singular of straggle

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strays
Verb
  • Although the film strays drastically from Stephen King's novel, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is a complex film that teeters between the psychological and supernatural horror subgenres.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Balenciaga strays away from a more experimental fashion approach the maison has been pushing under Demna, but also under its founder.
    Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Straggles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straggles. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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