straggling
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This time around he follows straggling young people in Peru, Taiwan, and Sri Lanka, first separately until the geographical distance between them collapses and their timelines overlap.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
With nearly all the straggling mail ballots counted as of Wednesday, turnout in the midterm reached about 64%.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2022
"It was really challenging straggling down the rock faces to get to this shoreline and count all the plastic that was there," she said.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2022
In New York City, a monument production hub less than a century ago — where now only a few straggling businesses remain, including just two full-service companies — this was not good news.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022
In one corner stood a wide loom with a good many of the threads straggling down.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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The Things They Carried
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