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  • Straggling in - I vote for (in order) research, teaching, profession.

    Are you ready to play our game? Prof. de Breeze 2008

  • Straggling settlers from the Lower Cascades made their way down to Fort Vancouver, distant about thirty-six miles, which they reached that night; and communicated the condition of affairs.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • Straggling up Telegraph, University, in the fog-soaked dawn.

    A Tale of Living With Regret Gabriella Stern 2009

  • Straggling, we almost missed the best part of the walk.

    Susie Middleton: Where the Wild Things Grow: The Zen of Foraging 2009

  • Straggling grasses have outlined the flagstones of the steps with green; the ironwork is rusty.

    La Grand Breteche 2007

  • Straggling grasses have outlined the flagstones of the steps with green; the ironwork is rusty.

    La Grand Breteche 2007

  • Straggling processions, with banners that bore the distorted features of one or other of the candidates, made driving difficult; and, to add to the confusion, the schoolchildren were let loose, to overrun the place and fly advertisement balloons round every corner. —

    Australia Felix 2003

  • Straggling, haphazard little villages ledged on the slope, high up, beside their wet, green, hanging meadows, with pine trees behind and the valley bottom far below, and rocks right above, on both sides, seemed like little temporary squattings of outcast people.

    Twilight in Italy 2003

  • Straggling rocks creamed in the sun, melting to tan, to umber in the sea.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • Straggling rocks creamed in the sun, melting to tan, to umber in the sea.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

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