tailgate
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The main tailgate at Wembley opened at 10am - seven hours before kick-off - with Kansas City rapper Tech N9ne helping to entertain the crowd.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
On the opposite half, two finned and muscular airspeeders from “Attack of the Clones” tailgate each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Cadillac escutcheon at the tailgate is also the switch that opens the hatch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
If you really want to level up your potluck game, take a cue from tailgate culture: a small portable crockpot is a marvel.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
We changed our soaking socks on the tailgate and filled the entire cargo area of the SUV with morels.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
That’s what builds the community here, the tailgates, the pride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
The campaign includes Parmigiano-branded tailgates, in-stadium media tastings, social media collaborations and a presence across the Jets’ platforms and at MetLife Stadium.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025
Excluded cars from those model years include the Ram 1500 Classic, vehicles with Ram’s multifunction tailgate feature, and those with sensors that can alert drivers to insecure tailgates.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
As they took in the scene around the Coliseum, wandering through the tailgates on the South lawn, they could hardly believe what they saw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
So they leaned back against car fenders and fence posts, or sat on pickup tailgates, as if they were at a rodeo.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Learner driver Teddy is recounting her fear at being tailgated by another driver mid-lesson.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025
Feniger admits, “The only time I ever tailgated was when I was on ‘Top Chef Masters,’ and guess what?
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2025
But if there’s one thing drivers find universally aggravating, it’s being tailgated.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
A security guard grew suspicious after Mr. Cabrera Fuentes and a travel companion tailgated onto residential premises and took a photo of the U.S. source’s license plate.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
A great musician, very bright, but not a good driver, Linton believed that she sometimes tailgated, and sometimes sped.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Surrey Police officer, Alexander McAlpine, tracked Hollywood in an unmarked police car and said he saw his vehicle "repeatedly bully" other vehicles out of its way by tailgating.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
At the stadium itself, parking is expected to be significantly reduced or repurposed, with traditional tailgating effectively eliminated.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
The Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Act follows Baroness Casey's findings that sanctions on breaking into stadiums were weak, and that tailgating should become a criminal offence.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
Complaining about it is just as much tradition as tailgating, the Lambeau Leap or mocking the New York Jets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
The Chevy, as he put it later, was “half near tailgating the semi.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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