drooping

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Those figures are a remarkable contrast to the drooping ratings for CBS’s other mainstay news programs in the morning External link and evening External link.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

In response, the company introduced a wind-assist kit—a pair of cables, clips and sandbags that can keep the fabric from drooping.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Another possibility is that people will use their refund money to build rainy-day funds, at a time when savings rates are drooping.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

"Ahmad's mouth started drooping to one side," Shahd explains.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

With his face in his hands and his handkerchief headgear drooping low over his brow, Zooey sat at Seymour’s old desk, inert, but not asleep, for a good twenty minutes.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger