as in snails
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
by three o'clock, only a few stragglers were still making their painful way to the marathon's finish
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Recent Examples of stragglers
Its companions are four Russian mobsters — stragglers from the previous season — laying on their stomachs with their necks outstretched over the rail.
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Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
The last Orionid stragglers usually appear sometime in early to mid-November.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Lightly prune the fern to remove dead fronds, long stragglers, and any fronds that are damaged.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
There were very few stragglers, if any, arriving late.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Weakened stragglers were shot or simply collapsed and died on the road.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Migration typically peaks in September, but stragglers may still pass through in October depending on the region.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
Despite some stragglers, the big picture is of soaring demand for AI, but even with the vast sums being invested in European data centers, supply is still struggling to keep up.
—Tasmin Lockwood, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stragglers
snails
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One of my prompts on the app detailed my phobia of snails in detail.—
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Take respectful photos and use your Pocket Guide to identify common species like tidepool sculpin or turban snails.—
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“Stragglers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stragglers. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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