Example Sentences
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Campaigns have normally pushed for it, allowing them to lock in votes early and focus their efforts on Election Day to encourage straggling supporters to get to the polls.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
"It was really challenging straggling down the rock faces to get to this shoreline and count all the plastic that was there," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2022
Celebrate Maryland native Frances Tiafoe, who barged into Friday’s semifinals and jumped to the front of the straggling line of candidates to end American men’s nearly 19-year drought in Grand Slam singles events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
A pair of straggling spectators crossed his path, and he swerved to avoid them, nearly losing his balance, and he ran on.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
Hesitating under the straggling fringe of palm fronds, he peered into the shop’s interior, which seemed in deep gloom after the blaze of sun in the road.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
