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dragging

[drag-ing] / ˈdræg ɪŋ /


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For Europe, the summer of 2026 looks like a new normal, with heat waves dragging on productivity and disrupting logistics.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

In addition to dragging the pieces into place, much of the opening episode seems meant to satisfy an impulse to show off Kansas City — Sudeikis grew up in that area.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The positive development in the five-month Middle East war did little to support Asian equities, with tech chipmakers SK hynix and Samsung dragging South Korea's Kospi down after Friday's record-breaking rally.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

They had found a 1999 local newspaper story claiming that police had searched salvage yards by helicopter as well as dragging the Fox River but there was no evidence the latter had happened.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

It was so still in there that when one of them turned a page it sounded like someone was dragging a cotton sack across the floor.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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