Example Sentences

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Bitcoin and the broader crypto market are limping toward a painful weekly loss, fueled by investors’ retreat from riskier and more speculative trades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Both clubs are limping into Sunday, but Celtic at least have the comfort of a six-point cushion at the top of the Premiership.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

Farmer: The Browns are limping out of this weekend with a lot of injuries.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023

Courts are limping along, although the growing piles of paper are a mess that will have to be sorted and scanned eventually.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Many wounded horses are limping over the field.

From The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer by Beatty, John