drag on
Example Sentences
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If at some point, the market begins to view higher rates as a drag on economic growth, potentially leading to lower earnings estimates, the S&P 500 could face a rather large decline.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
This would hurt investment and consumer sentiment, and drag on demand for mined minerals and metals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Uncertainty in the planning system is a drag on economic growth, investment and infrastructure delivery. In the City, where schemes are complex, constrained and require significant upfront investment, that doubt is especially damaging."
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Those thin upper layers create drag on spacecraft, gradually slowing them and causing their orbits to drop.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
It meant there would be more resistance from the water, increased drag on the boat, and therefore more work for the boys with oars in their hands.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
