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Recent Examples of tailback
Coy Collins, Villa Park, RB The son of former Loara standout tailback Coy Collins, the sophomore has been a revelation for the Spartans.
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Dan Albano, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
The former Seattle Seahawks tailback married his wife, Valerie, in 2002.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
On third-and-9, McCown found the tailback in the flat, and Henry made one man miss before outrunning the rest of the CSU defense down the sideline to the end zone.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
The Prep defense also stood tall in holding down the Raiders’ talented quarterback Caden Smith and tailback Caden Chase until the game was well out of reach.
—Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
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Dan Albano, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
The former Seattle Seahawks tailback married his wife, Valerie, in 2002.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
On third-and-9, McCown found the tailback in the flat, and Henry made one man miss before outrunning the rest of the CSU defense down the sideline to the end zone.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
The Prep defense also stood tall in holding down the Raiders’ talented quarterback Caden Smith and tailback Caden Chase until the game was well out of reach.
—Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailback
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Jacob Misiorowski provided four innings of one-run ball for Milwaukee, and his fellow rookie, Chad Patrick, pitched the club out of a massive jam to keep Milwaukee ahead in the sixth.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Grandmothers elevate something as simple as toast and jam to high status.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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According to German container logistics services provider Contargo, port congestion had already been accelerating ahead of the Rotterdam strike.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Oct. 2025
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Traffic congestion and the lack of proper infrastructure to accommodate growth is damaging the quality of life in Cornelius.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Oct. 2025
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In an age dominated by artificial intelligence, where data access speed is everything, this advancement addresses one of computing’s most pressing bottlenecks.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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That’s really what the bottleneck is.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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The result has been a seemingly endless run of East Washington Street roadwork and traffic snarls from Alabama Street downtown to I-465.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
25 Sep. 2025
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There was talk of traffic snarls and strain on the power grid.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Tailback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailback. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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