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

Several factors help explain the recent underperformance of Walmart shares, which are up just 6% so far this year, lagging behind rival stocks like Costco, Target and Amazon.com.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Shareholders expect Apple to release new artificial-intelligence features after years of lagging behind its rivals on AI.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Analysts see the price as a good deal for Berkshire because the actual value of the builder’s home portfolio belies its lagging stock price.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

A gray salt spittle lagging and curling in the rock pool.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy