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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A few stragglers got lost in the fog.
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After three and a half hours, the stragglers were still coming through.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ahead of him, the tail-end stragglers of the daily rush hour traffic scurried across Westminster Bridge.
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John had come to the tow path as the stragglers of the crowd were passing.
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Kalchu followed behind, raising his arms and whistling at the stragglers.
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Ramsay delayed the return for as long as he dared, to allow stragglers to come up.
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The last stragglers were expected near midnight.
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The roads and forests were full of stragglers.
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When a rare disagreement arose, he tried to coax stragglers along or simply found a more acceptable phrasing.