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as in pulls
to cause to follow by applying steady force on the deliveryman dragged the barrels over against the wall
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as in lingers
to move or act slowly one of the climbers was beginning to drag
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as in crawls
to move slowly the play dragged and seemed to take forever to get to its predictable conclusion
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as in streets
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel the main drag in town
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as in obstacles
something that makes movement or progress difficult the drag of stagnating wages on bringing the economy out of the recession
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as in crabs
a person who spoils the pleasure of others the teenager was mortified to be seen in public with such drags—her parents
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Recent Examples of drags
Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026 The longer his nomination drags on, the greater the chance that the Fed and other central banks will be able to look past the Iran war's oil-price shock and get back to worrying about a weakening labor market. —Matt Peterson, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026 His lengthy deployment, in the woodlands between settlements in the eastern Zaporizhzhia region, underscores Ukraine’s severe lack of manpower as the war drags on after more than four years. —Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026 But the failure of Vance's visit to Budapest could be interpreted as a signal of the White House's diminished influence on the continent, the experts who spoke to ABC News said, at least temporarily while its war with Iran drags on and the costs to Europeans rise. —David Brennan, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026 Ha Nguyen McNeill, the TSA acting administrator, said the agency is poised to lose more people as the shutdown drags on. —Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026 The complexity of the infrastructure drags the numbers down for any profit margin. —Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026 Set in both Egypt and Albuquerque, New Mexico, Cronin’s wonderfully inventive script drags one of cinema’s oldest tropes out of its sarcophagus and into a modern American home. —Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026 Additionally, while disaster response and recovery can continue through a shutdown, the money within the Disaster Relief Fund is running low as the shutdown drags on. —Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026 It's left Richard Lapsoey and his neighbors at the more than 220 units at Walnut Ridge Townhomes above the bridge, with few options to get to the main drags, adding possibly five to 10 minutes to their drives. —Lauren Linder, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026 People nod, but execution drags. —Amy Eliza Wong, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026 Clear tail drags are extremely rare in the fossil record and often disputed, because of how open to interpretation partial marks are – unlike here. —New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025 There are no serious drags anymore. —The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025 Another hot, humid half hour of window-shopping drags by. —R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025 Poor governance, misguided acquisitions, or self-serving buybacks are structural drags. —Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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The share of Americans who disapprove of the job that Congress is doing stands at an all-time high as the partial government shutdown drags on, according to new polling from Gallup. —Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026 The longer his nomination drags on, the greater the chance that the Fed and other central banks will be able to look past the Iran war's oil-price shock and get back to worrying about a weakening labor market. —Matt Peterson, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026 His lengthy deployment, in the woodlands between settlements in the eastern Zaporizhzhia region, underscores Ukraine’s severe lack of manpower as the war drags on after more than four years. —Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026 But the failure of Vance's visit to Budapest could be interpreted as a signal of the White House's diminished influence on the continent, the experts who spoke to ABC News said, at least temporarily while its war with Iran drags on and the costs to Europeans rise. —David Brennan, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026 Ha Nguyen McNeill, the TSA acting administrator, said the agency is poised to lose more people as the shutdown drags on. —Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026 The complexity of the infrastructure drags the numbers down for any profit margin. —Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026 Set in both Egypt and Albuquerque, New Mexico, Cronin’s wonderfully inventive script drags one of cinema’s oldest tropes out of its sarcophagus and into a modern American home. —Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026 Additionally, while disaster response and recovery can continue through a shutdown, the money within the Disaster Relief Fund is running low as the shutdown drags on. —Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
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So far, the push into high-tech industries has not been able to offset the growth drags. —Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026 It's left Richard Lapsoey and his neighbors at the more than 220 units at Walnut Ridge Townhomes above the bridge, with few options to get to the main drags, adding possibly five to 10 minutes to their drives. —Lauren Linder, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026 People nod, but execution drags. —Amy Eliza Wong, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026 Clear tail drags are extremely rare in the fossil record and often disputed, because of how open to interpretation partial marks are – unlike here. —New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025 There are no serious drags anymore. —The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025 Another hot, humid half hour of window-shopping drags by. —R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025 Poor governance, misguided acquisitions, or self-serving buybacks are structural drags. —Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drags
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Her The Kindred’s Curse Saga series follows healer Diem Bellator as the search for her missing mother pulls her into a growing civil war between the oppressed mortals of Emarion and the magic-wielding demigods known as the Descended.— Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026
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Brown again pulls his hands away from the cops before Maden starts punching him.— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
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His remarks came as uncertainty still lingers about how long the Iran war would last.— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
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The echo lingers, dissolving into an infinite void.— Babak Rahimi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
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Think about how often your toddler crawls near the dog bed or your kids toss pet toys around the living room.— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
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In the book, Grace drags Rocky back to his part of the ship, exposing himself to the Eridian environment; in the film, Rocky crawls back while Grace is unconscious.— Matthew Razak, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
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Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.— Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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Anyone who thinks English Heritage sites are run by bores is in for a surprise.— Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025
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The normally bustling streets of Islamabad were deserted Saturday morning as security forces sealed roads ahead of the talks.— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
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More than 270 people have died on city streets since the pledge, according to city data, and Sacramento ranked second-worst among California’s 15 largest cities for injury and fatal crashes, with 4,214 people killed or injured in 2023.— Chris Fusco. Story produced with AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026
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Making a robot run is not a simple task and requires precise balance control, terrain handling (uneven surfaces), endurance, navigation, and anti-interference capabilities (noise, obstacles, etc).— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
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Football matchups featuring the Pac-12 legacy schools make loads of sense but face several obstacles.— Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Here, the lavender is the house specialty, but the lemon (just lemon juice, no sugar and fantastic) was my favorite of the breakfasty sips.— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
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Beyond sips and noshes, Crazy Legs Sports Café also has a live podcast studio where the community is invited to talk all things sports and sports culture.— Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2026
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The plant provides habitat for fish, crabs and plankton, feeds migratory birds and locks away carbon and methane — both heat-trapping greenhouse gases — in coastal sediments.— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Their diet includes fish, squid, crabs, krill and other sea life.— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Drags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/drags. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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