tailgate
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UJC organisers vowed to create an authentic college gameday in London, and they began with tailgate parties.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
On the opposite half, two finned and muscular airspeeders from “Attack of the Clones” tailgate each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Cadillac escutcheon at the tailgate is also the switch that opens the hatch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
If you really want to level up your potluck game, take a cue from tailgate culture: a small portable crockpot is a marvel.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
Curly could hear the dogs barking ferociously in the camper bed, heaving themselves against the truck’s tailgate.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
That’s what builds the community here, the tailgates, the pride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Both brothers were hoping for more tailgates to come outside the century-old stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025
Here’s to another football season full of cheers, surprises, and — most importantly — unforgettable tailgates.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025
Years from now at tailgates and over drinks at local Husky bars, fans will reminisce about the crucial moment that Elijah Jackson came through when the Huskies needed it most.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2024
Applications were passed along at homecoming tailgates and choir rehearsals, at the meetings of Delta Sigma Theta and Alpha Kappa Alpha sororities and the Newsome Park PTA.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Feniger admits, “The only time I ever tailgated was when I was on ‘Top Chef Masters,’ and guess what?
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2025
They live in Kansas, but said it was nice to take their mind of politics for a few hours as they tailgated with their daughter Rachel and her husband before the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024
There are no door staff here, and I tailgated some residents through a starkly decorated lobby.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2024
A security guard grew suspicious after Mr. Cabrera Fuentes and a travel companion tailgated onto residential premises and took a photo of the U.S. source’s license plate.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
A great musician, very bright, but not a good driver, Linton believed that she sometimes tailgated, and sometimes sped.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
This is one of the few grounds at the World Cup that allows tailgating - where fans meet in parking lots outside stadiums to cook, eat and drink before the game.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
At the stadium itself, parking is expected to be significantly reduced or repurposed, with traditional tailgating effectively eliminated.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
Also on Sunday, a man was arrested on suspicion of tailgating at Tottenham's 3-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
Complaining about it is just as much tradition as tailgating, the Lambeau Leap or mocking the New York Jets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
I expected big crowds after football games, but this looked like the entire school had formed one huge tailgating party.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
