dragging
Example Sentences
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Imports of foreign products and a small decline in government spending are both dragging on the overall GDP figure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
US tech and chip giants including Nvidia, Intel, Micron, and Broadcom took a battering, dragging the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lower.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
In addition to dragging the pieces into place, much of the opening episode seems meant to satisfy an impulse to show off Kansas City — Sudeikis grew up in that area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
They had found a 1999 local newspaper story claiming that police had searched salvage yards by helicopter as well as dragging the Fox River but there was no evidence the latter had happened.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Whining, he turned and sniffed all the way back again, the leash dragging behind him.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
