lagging

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His campaign didn’t survive, but those problems—tens of thousands of people without housing, costs crunching millions of people with housing, and lagging crisis response—are real.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

In France -- where no trials are scheduled for the moment -- planning high commissioner Clement Beaune recently criticised the EU for in his words "lagging behind".

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

While a financial win for SpaceX, the Anthropic deal was also viewed as a sign that the Grok model was lagging.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Peacock has 46 million subscribers, according to parent company Comcast, lagging behind rivals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Through smaller class sizes and more intense attention given to lagging students, it managed to claw its way into the middle.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove