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tail

[tayl] / teɪl /




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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

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

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

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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