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tail

noun as in (vulgar) buttocks

verb as in follow

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Even the Iran strike carries a warning: The B-2 stealth bomber fleet, at only 19 tails, could quickly be exhausted in any protracted fight.

The singer is always like this – bright eyed, bushy tailed, full of beans before breakfast - but at Glastonbury, he had an extra spring in his step.

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Karon Davis’ sculpture “Found Cause” shows the artist’s son holding a small Confederate horse by its tail.

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Three teams of Belarusian soldiers were on her tail when she crossed a frozen river on the border in February, she said, citing Lithuania's border service.

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The timing of his indictment - coming on the tails of charges against Comey and James - has renewed questions about political pressure on the justice system.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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