trailing
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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We see them appear out of the dark at speed to make the delicate manoeuvre to feed their fuel-hungry jets - locking on to a hose trailing from the tanker wing.
From BBC
Apple is also contending with the AI race and is seen to be trailing.
From Los Angeles Times
But the police found discrepancies in his story: He claimed to have arrived after Ashaal, but local surveillance video showed him waiting for Ashaal, then trailing him in another vehicle when Ashaal drove off.
From Los Angeles Times
At halftime, the Huskies went into the locker room trailing the top team in the nation by 15 points.
The Bruins weren’t prepared for the Blue Devils to be so prepared for them, trailing at the break for just the second time this season.
From Los Angeles Times
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