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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straggling
straying
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Ironically, an honest-to-goodness mummy movie consumed with exotica (the first one from 1932 was released in the wake of the global mania over King Tut’s tomb) makes a lot of sense right now, with America straying into foreign deserts.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026 -
Regularly dig up straying shoots and divide dense clumps every few years.—
Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Straggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straggling. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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