dragging
Example Sentences
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“I’m dragging him to brunch and trying to get him to golf with me — never happened.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 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
"They're all dragging each other to these incredible times. The level of the 800m has risen significantly in the past two years," said Jessica Ennis-Hill, who won heptathlon gold at the London 2012 Olympics.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Seoul-listed SK hynix sank 14.7 percent and Samsung more than 13 percent, dragging the Kospi index down 10.8 percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
She placed her forearms, from elbow to wrist, on the floor and pulled herself forward, with her legs dragging behind.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
