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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
lag .
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Examples
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Yet times have changed, and Dowling acknowledges the arts economy is suffering from what he calls the lagged recession -- where the effects are only really now being felt, and are likely to linger for some time.
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Republican nominee-presumptive John McCain lagged far behind, in third place with $25,130 in college contributions.
TX Profs Have Their Preference - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com 2008
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I watched the sun rise over Tokyo last night, time lagged from the observation deck of the Sony Station.
365 tomorrows » 2007 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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Britain lagged behind on key measures of poverty and deprivation, happiness, relationships, and risky or bad behavior, the study showed.
U.N. Report says Britain is the Worst Place for Children | Impact Lab 2007
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Finally, my hands started to move while my brain lagged behind and I found myself with a boiled egg, with a firm white and a slightly soft yolk.
The sweet temptations of Heidelberg Michele 2005
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Finally, my hands started to move while my brain lagged behind and I found myself with a boiled egg, with a firm white and a slightly soft yolk.
In praise of the German pretzel-bun Michele 2005
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Still lagged from the trip to Murrayfield - 700-odd miles in 32 hours!
Archive 2005-03-13 Laban 2005
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Still lagged from the trip to Murrayfield - 700-odd miles in 32 hours!
A Wilted Crocus From The Curate's Garden Laban 2005
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As Zenkovsky in "Medieval Russia's Epics, Chronicles and Tales," so aptly illustrated, Russian letters flourished in comparison to Czech and Polish largely as a result of the fact that Greek Orthodox clergy allowed the gospel and liturgies to be translated into Russian; Roman Catholic-influenced Czechoslovakia and Poland in which ecclesiastical documents were kept primarily in Latin lagged centuries behind Russia in developing their own literatures.
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In trading volume and in price increases, Liberty Seated coins lagged behind most other U.S. coin series during the 2002 to 2008 ‘bull market’!
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