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  • present participle of drag.
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dragging

[drag-ing] / ˈdræg ɪŋ /


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There is no point at which the dragging of Schmitt for this performance would turn excessive.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

You don’t want to muck bait it and drag it out for the sake of dragging it out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The fight had initially been discussed for November but, with negotiations over the venue dragging on, it now looks set for December.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Ms. Singer calls it a gimmick, noting that “many kids were clicking, dragging and dropping—essentially stacking or compiling—prewritten coding blocks, without writing out the computer code itself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

But after dragging about twenty tires through the dirt, I gave up on that.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones




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