tail

Example Sentences

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I was raised about two blocks from where you lived at the time, near Tail o’ the Pup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

Tail loss in the group of primates that includes gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans is believed to have occurred about 25 million years ago, when the group evolved away from Old World monkeys, said the authors.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

"We'd like to see that land back," said Rosebud Sioux Chief John Spotted Tail during a 2018 speech at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2023

Tail strikes happen occasionally in aviation, but two in quick succession was not normal.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2023

I certainly wouldn’t be keeping any model jeeps and choppers to remember the war going on, but JimmyTrotter thought his Red Tail war hawks and his brother’s bomber jets were just grand.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia