drag down
Example Sentences
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What’s Next: Equity offerings dilute existing shareholders, so they tend to drag down a stock.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Weaker growth data can become good news because they imply less inflation and less policy drag down the line.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Until October 2025, the wages paid to H-2A workers were, although low, not so low as to distort the labor market and drag down the wages paid to domestic farmworkers.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Growing fears about a wave of credit defaults might drag down prices across the whole market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
It seemed that whenever I got a C or a D in conduct, which was usual, it would drag down all my other marks as well.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
