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And accusations that the Church has been dragging its feet keep coming.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

She has been dragging her feet when it comes to turning over evidence to the defense as is required under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2025

Another plan to have unarmed Transportation Department workers conduct traffic stops — instead of police — has been dragging on for months.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

Treasury yields and nervousness about the extent of crisis in China's property industry, which has been dragging down the yuan in spite of official resistance.

From Reuters • Aug. 15, 2023

The Mysteries of Paris, by Eugene Sue, has been dragging its slow length along for a long time, and gives no sign of getting nearer its denouement than when it began.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various