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Recent Examples of tailbacks
Ott ranks fourth in attempts among tailbacks, behind Tory Blaylock (42), Jovantae Barnes (19) and Xavier Robinson (13).
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Antonio Morales, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Your tailbacks and your offensive line are good enough to be your base.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025
Something clicked in the second half, however, as big runs from tailbacks Ollie Gordon II and Aaron Shampklin put the team just under 100 yards on the ground.
—Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
There are bound to be a few upside surprises, just as there were last season with two dynamic tailbacks.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2025
Antonio Morales, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Your tailbacks and your offensive line are good enough to be your base.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025
Something clicked in the second half, however, as big runs from tailbacks Ollie Gordon II and Aaron Shampklin put the team just under 100 yards on the ground.
—Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
There are bound to be a few upside surprises, just as there were last season with two dynamic tailbacks.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailbacks
Noun
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One of our favorites is a gorgeous bamboo charcuterie board that comes with ceramic bowls for jams or sauces, cheese knives, and little signs for customization.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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Its BassUp technology adds some real oomph to all your jams, and 16 hours of battery life keeps the party going.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Surveys of developers have consistently found that waiting for quality assurance testing leads to significant bottlenecks in software development.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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Annabelle Huang is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Altius Labs, a blockchain infrastructure company (backed by Founders Fund and Pantera) that focuses on solving execution performance bottlenecks.—
Annabelle Huang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Tailbacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailbacks. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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