dragging
Example Sentences
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The fundraising prompted a sharp decline in tech stocks across Asia, dragging the Nikkei down 0.5%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slipped 1.9%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Spurs, noticing this, quickly move the ball back towards the left - ready to attack the space opened up by Tonali dragging players with him.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
“The near-term priority remains product and user experience refinement, a strategy that is dragging advertising revenue in the near-term and is expected to persist into 2H,” it says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“I’m dragging him to brunch and trying to get him to golf with me — never happened.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
With the ropes dragging uselessly behind him, Gary was racing across the room.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
