dragging

Example Sentences

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The dragging of ship anchors, a main way cables get taken out, can damage even armored cables, which are wrapped in steel wire but still roughly the diameter of a ping-pong ball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

He still puts a 35% chance on fighting dragging into 2027.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

But the listing prompted at least two peptide companies to sue the FDA, arguing it was dragging its feet on creating the bulks list of allowed compounding substances.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

At 29, after years painstakingly building her career in L.A. and fresh after touring with Kesha, Slayyyter is dragging her music back where it began.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

With wings flapping and long legs dragging in the water, he took off down the river.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls