trailing

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Over the past year, XLE has been the second-best performing sector, rallying 45% and trailing only technology.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Across the state, county and city ballot measures raising levies are trailing or have been defeated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

In two adjacent Koreatown precincts, Bass and Raman were tied, with 117 votes in one and 187 votes in another, with Pratt trailing not far behind in both.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

That would compare with trailing price/sales ratios of 3.6 for the S&P 500 and 11.2 for the index’s information technology sector, according to data provided by FactSet.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The musket ball streaked out of the barrel like a comet, trailing flames and smoke.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis