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A former Biden Cabinet secretary, state attorney general and longtime congressman from Los Angeles, Becerra had been wallowing in the low single-digits in public opinion polls less than three months ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

But our uncle, who had been wallowing in his misfortune for so long after losing his farm up north, isn’t wallowing anymore.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

He was miserably emaciated; his mane was all in tatters; his hide was bare and rough as an elephant's, and covered with dried patches of the mud in which he had been wallowing.

From The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life by Parkman, Francis

Wild pigs must be very numerous--as indicated by fresh marks where they had been wallowing in the beds of the ditch-like rivulets, their footprints everywhere, and well-beaten tracks through the jungle.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John

A moment later Bennie came limping in from a neighboring field where he had been wallowing in a snow-drift.

From Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike by Warman, Cy