tail
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And, as before, the authorities were hot on his tail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo earlier said he had been informed "of the disappearance of a military aircraft with tail number NGR 931, enroute Lagos from Benin at 0913 hours earlier today".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Instead, the two pilots who assumed control of the nearly four-year-old aircraft were able to keep flying for over an hour and safely land even with a damaged component on its tail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
According to the tail number released by the Coast Guard, the plane belonged to Latitude Air Ambulances, a company that provides international medical flights for patients returning home.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
He sniffed, wiping his snout with his tail.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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I tried Kumamoto oysters here as part of a sprawling seafood tower — alongside snow crab, lobster tails, tuna tartare with seaweed salad and more — and they immediately became my new favorite variety.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
These medium-sized mammals, found only in Africa and Asia, have long, powerful tails, large curved claws, and bodies covered in overlapping scales that resemble a pinecone.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
A great many dogs run up to me, tails wagging, tongues lolling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Gotham is able to distinguish between the animals largely thanks to "fluke prints": whales have unique patterns on the underside of their tails, similar to human fingerprints, St. Lawrence explained.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Mother stands on the rocky bank, above the stream where the pups cower, eyes wide and tails low, covered in mud.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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Still, questions about Fed independence have tailed Warsh during his brief tenure as chairman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Dance then tailed him in her BMW along the A127 to Basildon, while Summers followed in a rented Toyota.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Details about the underlying allegation remain murky, but the department sources familiar with the matter said the LAPD’s secretive Special Operations Division tailed officers who were under investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Sauropods were long necked, long tailed plant eaters that grew into the largest animals ever to walk on land, yet their earliest life stages were small, exposed, and highly vulnerable.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026
She would have seen workers handing out pro-union pamphlets while Pinkerton detectives tailed them.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Court police had to settle for tailing the Maxima to the tennis courts and hiding out in the bushes watching the match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
ChatGPT price-war report comes as data shows AI usage already tailing off.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
But other portions were harder to confirm -- with Thai authorities not providing information, and Chinese officials tailing our reporters and impeding efforts to talk further with him.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
As the men tailing us come running, the monk walks away.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
Everywhere 1 went those first few days after Mrs. Castro was identified as the person behind the attack, I had at least two reporters tailing me.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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