straggler
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Alexandria Real Estate Equities was another straggler in 2025, with shares of the real estate investment trust falling 49%.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
And if he were to one day find a red straggler with the right surface features to indicate a primordial black hole?
From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2023
“He threatened he would bring home a straggler one day,” she joked.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2023
Novavax, a Gaithersburg, Md., biotechnology company, has been a straggler in the vaccine race.
From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2022
There were only a few straggler freshmen waiting around to be picked up.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
Vocabulary lists containing straggler
The Pearl
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