as in snails
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
after 10 hours, there weren't any spectators left to cheer on the laggers as they finished the marathon
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Noun
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That includes September’s Aloha Festivals, celebrating Hawaiian traditions, and the annual Kāhuli Festival at the Bishop Museum in October, a unique family-friendly event spotlighting the vital role of Hawaiian land snails in preserving biodiversity.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025 -
Now the company has hundreds of preorders from customers looking to use the machines for various applications, including assembling electronics and even processing snails to be shipped to France for escargot, reported Tech Crunch.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The gap between leaders and laggards is growing fast.—
Kevin Pierce,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Nvidia was among Friday's key laggards, as shares extended their recent losses with a fall of 3%.—
Sean Conlon,Brian Evans,
CNBC,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Laggers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laggers. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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