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trailing

ADJECTIVE
following
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ADJECTIVE
lagging behind
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Yet even in the thrilling 6-3 win against Daniel Farke's side, which remains one of only two games he has started this campaign, he was withdrawn at half-time with Chelsea trailing 1-0.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Eric Bridges, a Fresno hairdresser, has accused Pacheco of closely trailing him in an orange Nissan Altima for more than 20 minutes on Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

A dedicated archivist of her own life via journals and film, Eleanor spent much of her time trailing her husband, Francis Ford Coppola, and children between their movie sets to document the arduous filmmaking process.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Most polls show Mr. Minogue, an Army veteran and former CEO of the medical device company Abiomed, trailing by double digits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Before long she was crawling all over the place, following her father into the fields, trailing me as I went about my work, and very soon she began to walk.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya


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