tailback

British
as in jam
a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement stuck in a five-mile tailback on the southbound carriageway

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Recent Examples of tailback Former Miami Dolphins tailback Tommy Vigorito passed away earlier Tuesday according to a post his former high school made. Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025 The lowdown: The Patriots added the top tackle and center in this draft, a dynamic tailback and an immediate starter at receiver. Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025 Gordon, the 2023 winner of the Doak Walker Award, which is annually given to the nation’s top college tailback, rushed for 2,920 yards in his 537 carries in his three collegiate seasons. Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2025 Most recently, the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl — and not just due to the addition of tailback Saquon Barkley. C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tailback
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Noun
  • Amanda Edwards/WireImage Unlike luxury fashion or high-end accessories, where scarcity is often a deliberate strategy to generate buzz, products like jam and wine fall into the realm of everyday indulgences.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
  • Will Warren escaped a jam, however, and Winans never entered the game.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • As production ramped up, process engineers, who sometimes patrolled the assembly line with stopwatches, looked for bottlenecks and rejiggered the assembly line.
    Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 5 July 2025
  • Entrepreneurs can adopt this approach by eliminating bottlenecks, empowering teams to make independent decisions, and prioritizing outcomes over the number of hours worked.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • And finally, Gi-hun is ready to talk … or sort of snarl under his breath, anyway.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • Service may be rendered with a snarl instead of a smile.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 17 June 2025

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“Tailback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailback. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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