tail
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With the pitch turning, India had fielders crowded around the bat as their spinners then mopped up the tail with England skittled for 186.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Modi will be in New Zealand for little more than a day, at the tail end of a July 6-11 tour that has also taken him to Indonesia and Australia.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
By analyzing tail hair samples, researchers found that herds living among wolves had cortisol levels 58% higher than those living in areas without wolves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Similarly, the former Air Force One at the Reagan complex had its wings and vertical tail removed so it could be trucked from San Bernardino, Calif., to the library in Simi Valley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Before I could climb out of the fountain to retaliate, she’d turned tail and sprinted toward home.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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“While there may not be an immediate catalyst to exit the carry trade, the tails are fat and the probability for regime shift remains higher than usual.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
That old rigged coin has long come into play against them: heads they lose, tails they also lose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
And flipping a coin on heads, or tails, 24 times in a row has odds of one in 16.7 million.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
The international team of researchers were able to piece together the separate odysseys from photos of the whales' tails -- including some taken by amateur photographers on cruises -- captured decades apart.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Then I noticed several holes in the wall that were the same size as the silver prongs on the tails.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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He didn’t notice the gray Acura sedan that tailed him through rush-hour traffic on Sunset Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 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
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
The hardcore faithful headed to the bitcoin conference with Saylor, whose fans tailed him around the event in the hope of getting a selfie, as his minders begged them to let him leave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
“We often tailed each other on our way to secret meetings,” recalled Feklisov, “to make sure we were not being followed.”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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ChatGPT price-war report comes as data shows AI usage already tailing off.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 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
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
Tanisha’s up there with all the B’s, and here I am standing in my holey tube socks, sandwiched between all the M’s and N’s, with Beatriz tailing right behind me.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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