trail
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Seated on a throne-like chair, with his family in his shadow, Ludovico is receiving a message while courtiers of diminishing importance trail off to the right behind a shimmering gold curtain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
On a new episode of Hit Parade, host Chris Molanphy explains how Dolly blazed a trail for today’s country/pop crossover musicians like “Choosin’ Texas” singer Ella Langley.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026
A globular cluster stellar stream is a long, narrow trail of stars that originated in a globular cluster, a dense collection of stars held together by gravity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Look back to December 2021, and a poor first-half performance against a struggling Newcastle side which saw Ralf Rangnick's side trail 1-0 at the break.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
To get to the track at the college, we enter campus a different way than I do when I’m heading for the nature trail.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Events cannot alter the movement of visitors, wildlife or traffic, close roads or trails, or take place in designated wilderness areas.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Across the surrounding countryside, seepages resemble miniature volcanoes overflowing with crude and leaving hardened black trails.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The typical overactive investor trails that simple portfolio by about 1.5 percentage points a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The result is a combination of private and public access: Six public-access trails cross Sea Ranch to on their way to the shoreline, while Sea Ranch residents retain access to several private beaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Narrow trails rising above deep gorges now forced the company to go in single file.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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Another 15.9% was held in mutual funds and ETFs, and 8% in individual stocks, both of which also trailed other cohorts.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The policy, formally outlined on Thursday, was also trailed in the EU chief's annual address on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Yeah, probably, because …” He trailed off, thinking for several seconds.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
They tackled well and trailed only 14-7 at halftime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
As soon as they'd gone by, Guiteau trailed them as far as the White House gate.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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As well as Black Forest Labs, Europe has other competitive AI companies, including France's Mistral, but is still seen as trailing US firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic and Chinese labs such as DeepSeek.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
A statuesque figure of death, trailing black fabric, sweeps up the casualties of war with the efficiency of a human vacuum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The stock plunged that day and has stayed weak, now trailing the S&P 500 by 51 percentage points over the past 12 months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The 27-year arrived at the US Open trailing Aryna Sabalenka by just 434 points and was guaranteed to secure the number one ranking for the first time in her career by reaching the semi-finals.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
So I grabbed the handle and followed after her down the staircase, squeezing past a few boarders heading up from the breakfast table and trailing a mouthwatering smell of bacon.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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