trail
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When Shields and his family left the trail about 9:30 a.m., they noticed other guests couldn’t find parking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
“We follow the trail of breadcrumbs as far as we can, and then try to bring them to life with empathy and compassion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Vang Vieng has been a fixture on the Southeast Asia backpacker trail since Laos' communist rulers opened the country to tourism decades ago.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
The sudden breakthrough suggests that China's tech prowess is rapidly narrowing the capabilities gap, upending long-held assumptions in the West that Chinese developers trail their American peers.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“I know which nature trail you saw me on, Jonah. I saw you, too. We were three feet away from each other, not that you acknowledged me.”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
While it still trails top closed-source U.S. models, the release indicates that the U.S. lead over Chinese AI labs has shrunk to roughly six to nine months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Their use on public trails across the state has prompted calls for similar bans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
However, overall performance "still trails the most powerful proprietary models" from Anthropic and OpenAI, the company said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Plus, the home is set in a community with 190 acres of riding trails and “beautiful” landscape.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
It’s a public beach on the Puget Sound waterfront, with concrete trails and grassy picnic areas, huge stretches of sand littered with driftwood logs and chipped seashells.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
Most probably trailed the market, according to Interactive Brokers chairman Thomas Peterffy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The index has trailed the Nasdaq composite and the S&P 500 since January 2020, according to a graph Robinhood provided.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
France had never trailed in the tournament, but it fell behind in this one on Mikel Oyarzabal’s successful penalty shot in the 22nd minute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The reigning world champions looked set for a shock last-16 exit when they trailed Egypt 2-0 but produced a remarkable late comeback to reach the quarter-finals.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The bean-shaped mole had split, and a line trailed down her neck like a kite’s tail.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
SpaceX’s post-IPO performance is trailing among this year’s top 10 blockbuster debuts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
While trailing, England were well set up to attack down their left.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
It plots the trailing 12-month difference between two portfolios: The first contains the 10% of stocks with the best recent performance and the second owns the lowest-performing decile.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Trump stood to attention as the "Star Spangled Banner" played and even attempted a greeting in Turkish -- before Turkish fighter jets streaked overhead trailing red, white and blue smoke.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Eventually, though, Markie’s friends got called home for supper and I was looking down at one grubby kid with a limp balloon trailing behind him.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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