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New Orleanians were already fleeing the city in advance of the storm, but the starkness of Ricks’ message was hardly lost on those who were straggling or wavering.

From Washington Times • Jan. 13, 2021

The whipped soldiers of the Wehrmacht in their grey-green uniforms were straggling back through the shattered cities. were all of a pattern.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their three-year struggle against Franco and his Nazi-Fascist allies was broken at last; under German and Italian bombardment, a half million starving, destitute Spaniards were straggling through the mountains toward the French border.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was late afternoon, and many of the 706 passengers of the Italian cruise ship Angelina Laura were straggling back after a day of shopping in the small seaport of Charlotte Amalie in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their numbers would continue to swell, one hoped; more ships were straggling in every day.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin