How to Use trail (along) behind/after in a Sentence
trail (along) behind/after
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Re had a two-run homer in the first, as the Aztecs didn't trail after that.
—Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2023
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The dogs each carried 40-pound packs, and the load kept them right on trail behind us.
—Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 15 Aug. 2024
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As the comets move around the sun, their ice melts and the particles trail behind them in the orbit.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
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And there are nearly 700 miles of trail behind us, all the way up to Maine.
—Benje Williams, Longreads, 15 Mar. 2022
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To complete the gown, the actor wore a long scarf around her neck, letting the tails trail behind her back like a train.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2024
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For the first time in the history of the league, all four higher seeds trail after Game 1.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 7 May 2025
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Musicians and stilt walkers dressed as skeletons trail behind.
—Time, 5 Jan. 2023
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Some experts said medical risks due to heat often trail behind the rise in temperatures — but spike as the days of risk add up.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 July 2024
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The water vapor and cirrus clouds that planes trail behind them look picturesque, but their warming impact is three times that of carbon.
—Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 28 Dec. 2022
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When Pumpkin moved away, however, Cheesecake couldn’t help but trail behind.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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But the Cardinal defense was stifling, and Stanford did not trail after the game’s first minute.
—oregonlive, 29 Jan. 2023
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Like with booster rates among those who aren’t pregnant, Black and Hispanic people trail behind.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2022
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Security camera footage shows a cat headed out of the factory on the night before and leaving the trail behind.
—Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2024
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Anyone who was in the area on the serpentine trail behind the visitor center on the afternoon of Sun.
—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2023
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His dogs trail after him, diving headfirst into the field before reappearing on the other side, having lost the scent of a rabbit.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2023
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Wozniacki is on the comeback trail after having two children and has long been a crowd favorite in New York.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
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The Marders meanwhile would trail behind the tanks, dropping off infantry squads to suppress Russian infantry.
—David Axe, Forbes, 15 July 2023
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When frozen, comets are the size of a small town, but as their orbit nears the sun, the comet heats up and begins shedding material, leaving a glowing trail behind.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2024
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In recent weeks, Fetterman has reemerged on the campaign trail after taking much of the summer off due to his recovery from the stroke.
—Fox News, 6 Sep. 2022
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Biden took to the campaign trail after the debate, holding rallies, sitting for interviews and making campaign stops.
—Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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Or is the strategy to, on the contrary, open it up as widely as possible, so that progress is as fast as possible, so that the bad guys always trail behind?
—TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
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That launched a 55-year experiment in utopian ideals — and the harsh realities that sometimes trail after them.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
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But if the largest African countries continue to trail behind the Asian giants, global inequality will rise.
—Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2020
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At the end of the wedding reception the brothers left, then returned via a trail behind the home, armed with baseball bats, without the victim and his family knowing.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
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The incumbent has rallied support on the campaign trail behind the idea that she was being prosecuted for disrupting the status quo.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 2022
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Lorenzo Luckey, 39, who lives nearby below a bike trail behind a row of two-story homes, had not heard of the city’s new ban until Tuesday.
—Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
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Bergen’s favorite set of Little Guys is one created for Season 3, where the faces float across the screen in a wavy motion, leaving a smear trail behind them.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2024
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Adam Roy at Backpacker reports that on April 8, a group of English hikers got sick on the trail after taking ’shrooms and had to be rescued.
—Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
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Another option is to take the trail behind the visitor center, which scrambles up a limestone hill known as Overlook Ridge with lovely views of the fort and valleys below.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
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Ramaswamy was also a vocal Trump supporter on the campaign trail after dropping his own bid for the White House to endorse the former president.
—Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
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