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But the stragglers may not be able to straggle much longer: Bans on the chemicals are coming.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

In the longer races, some competitors would straggle to the finish line well after Heiden had won and departed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

The move comes as lawmakers straggle back to Washington for an abbreviated preelection session, as hopes are dimming for another coronavirus relief bill — or much else.”

From Fox News ● Sep. 8, 2020

But lately, the line sometimes grinds to a premature halt, as supervisors wait for employees to straggle in — or give up and pull people off forklifts to fill in for no-shows.

From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2018

The sun is just peeking over the horizon when we straggle back to the twelfth floor of the Training Center.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Thirty miles south, Old Lighthouse Road straggles to an end in a waterside housing development where air conditioning units sit on raised platforms.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2021

Second, he never wore his hair in long blond straggles, like a stoner Messiah; that, however, is the style favored by Moondog, as an accompaniment to his cacophonous shirts and his silver Ugg boots.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 29, 2019

It straggles, it is too long, but it has some of Bean's brio.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2013

The world of science straggles beside Mr. Kaplan's inventive agility; he defines "diameter" as a machine that counts dimes.

From Time Magazine Archive

I stressed to the assembled press the need for mutual communication and support between the Africans and Afro- Americans whose straggles were interlocked.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

The crowd straggled toward City Hall, where Kauffman launched into his speech.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

Back at Downs Park, a group of container ship tourists straggled onto the shore, looking a bit beleaguered.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2022

Now, day after day, he and the other students straggled into their classroom at 11:30 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2020

Some cows straggled through, while the rest turned back to the original bank.

From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2017

There were accusations and counter accusations, but no one would admit to writing the mysterious and puzzling words that straggled across the back of Ken’s question.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Some straggling celebrations were expected to continue Sunday night but would not create the same amount of pollution they did on the Fourth, Ciliberti said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Campaigns have normally pushed for it, allowing them to lock in votes early and focus their efforts on Election Day to encourage straggling supporters to get to the polls.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023

"It was really challenging straggling down the rock faces to get to this shoreline and count all the plastic that was there," she said.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2022

Some of the financial disparities reflect straggling primary fields that have yet to be narrowed or candidates who only decided recently to enter their races.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

He left it and crossed the courtyard to the farthest corner where his sleeping mat was spread under a straggling acacia tree.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw