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Idioms and Phrases

A tedious experience, a bore, as in After several thousand times, signing your autograph can be a drag . This seemingly modern term was army slang during the Civil War. The allusion probably is to drag as something that impedes progress. [ Colloquial ; mid-1800s]

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The cause of death for the Vivienne, a ‘Drag Race’ alum and performer, has been revealed months after they died in January at age 32.

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"US tariffs will act as a drag on UK growth and we're likely to see a slowdown in economic activity from the second quarter of this year through to early next year," said Matt Swannell, chief economic adviser to the EY Item Club.

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As diners along Santa Monica Boulevard brunched on patios and took in a drag queen performance, several dozen pro-Trump marchers chanted, “Walk away from hate.”

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Two years later, when the Dodgers honored for its charitable work a drag troupe that dresses in nuns’ habits, Gomez held what he described as a Mass of “healing” that amounted to an attempted exorcism on behalf of the whole city.

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“I love it when a plan comes together,” she posted on X, alongside a photo of herself taking a drag.

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