tail
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But two mid-race safety cars closed up the field and left Verstappen right on Russell's tail.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
They also carry a circular disk attached to the tail that can seal the shell opening like a door when the animal retreats inside.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Known as The Flying Kangaroo for the logo displayed on its tail fin and elsewhere, Qantas has already scheduled its first nonstop Sydney-to-London flight for October 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
One of Lynn’s former colleagues told him they saw a tail rotor on the ground, and Lynn quickly learned it was Moreno and Marciniw who were onboard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Nothing,” Clare said, clutching his snowy tail to his chest.
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
"Most of the crashes here are fairly simple nose to tails, nothing too serious," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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
Within it are structures that resemble tufts of hair or comet-like tails.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
They hissed and swished their tails like they knew something was up.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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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
Greaves had pushed the ball wide to the left-hander from over the wicket before he tailed a delivery back into Masood who played down the wrong line and inside edged on to his stumps.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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
However, traffic tailed off the second half of the year, with the L.A. port expecting a single-digit decline in volume this year before Friday’s decision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Blake's Soviet case officer went to extreme lengths to make sure that he was not being tailed by British and American agents.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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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 data provided by Blanchet shows the genre rapidly tailing off in the early 2010s.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify appeared to show a ship tailing the Boikiy as it transited through the waterway, but we cannot confirm that this is the Royal Navy ship.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
Until, that is, she finds Dex and Tristas tailing her to the barracks two nights before the Third Trial.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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