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Recent Examples of tailback
While tailback isn’t a need, only foolish franchises pass up adding generational talents such as Jeanty.
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Omar Kelly, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
If the Dolphins need someone to move the chains from a yard away in 2025, Mattison, the heaviest tailback on Miami’s roster at 220 pounds, could very well be their guy.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Baltimore’s most effective weapon through three quarters was backup tailback Justice Hill, who finished with six carries for 50 yards.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Other tailbacks in this draft — Ohio State’s TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins, North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton, Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson, just to name a few — might have a pro career that’s just as productive as Jeanty.
—Omar Kelly, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
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Omar Kelly, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
If the Dolphins need someone to move the chains from a yard away in 2025, Mattison, the heaviest tailback on Miami’s roster at 220 pounds, could very well be their guy.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Baltimore’s most effective weapon through three quarters was backup tailback Justice Hill, who finished with six carries for 50 yards.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Other tailbacks in this draft — Ohio State’s TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins, North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton, Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson, just to name a few — might have a pro career that’s just as productive as Jeanty.
—Omar Kelly, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailback
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Explore Rihanna See latest videos, charts and news This week, Rihanna unveils a summer Smurf jam, Morgan Wallen pulls back the curtain and Jin continues his solo momentum.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
16 May 2025
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Creators have found dozens of ways to repurpose empty jam and jelly jars, affectionately referring to their collection of glass vessels as a jam jar army.—
Emily Williams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 May 2025
Noun
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As part of its aggressive alignment with President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, the DeSantis administration has engineered a blueprint the state argues can resolve long-standing federal bottlenecks in Florida and across the nation.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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Leite argues that this is where the picture becomes less clear, suggesting that bottlenecks in the distribution chain are also holding local cinema up.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
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More than 100,000 motorists pass through Wheat Ridge, Denver and southwestern Adams County every day on Interstates 70 and 76, often in maddening traffic snarls.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
5 May 2025
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Traffic snarls are one reason why Hiaasen ultimately returned to eastern Florida.—
Marnie Hunter,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Tailback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailback. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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