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staggered

[stag-erd] / ˈstæg ərd /












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It’s why Carson Zone is at the gym every Monday and Friday, grunting into weighted hip thrusts and pushing through heavy staggered lunges.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Startled young women, hands in the air, staggered out of darkened rooms.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

The prime minister said he was "staggered" to find out last week that civil servants in the Foreign Office withheld information from him about red flags in the initial vetting process.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

BDC managers tell Barron’s that public debt is just one part of their financing structure and that their debt is laddered with staggered maturities.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

And Jack staggered off the bag of coconuts and waded onto the sand.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr




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