tails

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Importantly, defense spending and the potential for rearming will be “one of the long tails of this war,” Blitz wrote in a Wednesday client note, which also warned of related inflation risks.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

My parents were left with a choice: Move back to Argentina with their tails between their legs, or start again where they were.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

At the end of long straights, the energy tails off and the speed drops, long before the driver brakes for the corner.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Unlike cockroaches and most animals, termite sperm lack tails and are unable to swim.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

The Pe-2 had twin tails and twin engines, one engine on each wing.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein