tailing

Example Sentences

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But data provided by Blanchet shows the genre rapidly tailing off in the early 2010s.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

She is in the early stages of developing a tool to quickly identify behaviour like lurking and tailing, and direct help when it is needed.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

They’re tailing skiers as they rip through moguls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

For example: The work C was doing has a name—“commuting”—a deliberately mundane term for pursuing, tailing, and deliberately irritating ICE agents moving through the city in unmarked cars.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2026

The first was Roy successfully tailing the barefoot boy to the golf course.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen