Example Sentences

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Sales have been trailing at many companies, and earnings have been squeezed.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

That lack of progress with a banking union, in turn, has weighed on the stocks of Europe's banks, which have been trailing their U.S. rivals for years.

From Reuters • Jun. 16, 2022

The Magic have been trailing by double digits for 99 of the 192 minutes that they’ve played so far this season, or 52% of the time.

From Fox News • Oct. 25, 2021

But the banner, which should have been trailing behind the plane, was actually attached to its front.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2021

Your men have been trailing me for two weeks.

From The Trail Horde by Seltzer, Charles Alden