| The league table is very tight this season, and a couple more defeats could see City in touch with the relegation stragglers. |
| The trumpeter's normal centre of abundance is about and south of Cook Strait, although winter stragglers may reach Doubtless Bay. |
| The bell resounded at its high-pitch scream and last-minute stragglers rushed in. |
| One ranger led the tour, and another brought up the rear to catch stragglers. |
| Most years, shorelarks wintering locally linger here until the end of April, with stragglers to the second week in May. |
| Turning up late for the summer-solstice party at Stonehenge in 2001, he found the only stragglers left were folksy types in horse-drawn wagons. |
