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trailing

adjective as in following

Strong matches

adjective as in lagging behind

Strongest match

Weak match

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They packed up and left on Jan. 2, then returned the next day, after a report of smoke in the area, for another round of cold trailing, Villanueva said.

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Coming into Thursday trading, GM stock was up about 6% year to date, trailing behind the S&P 500 by about nine percentage points.

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“I want to go out there and make history,” Bradley said with Team USA trailing 11.5 to 4.5 heading into Sunday’s singles play.

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Sliwa, trailing in the polls, says he gets calls from people telling him it’s time to go.

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Local hunters were called in and brought hounds, which began trailing the bear, and chased it up a tree shortly afterward.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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