Example Sentences

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In October, Carter’s said tariffs were dragging down its earnings and that it would close about 150 stores in North America and reduce its office workforce by about 15%, cutting roughly 300 positions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

He also suggests it employs "flim-flam artists" who were dragging the process out and burying the scheme in bureaucracy, while dismissing suggestions on how to speed matters up.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

Traffic crawled, people were dragging uprooted trees out of the road with their bare hands.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Yet shareholders including DWS and investor association SdK criticised his dual role, with DWS saying governance issues were dragging down Volkswagen's valuation.

From Reuters • Dec. 16, 2022

They were dragging Grandma in from the kitchen.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder