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Recent Examples of tailbacks
The Falcons feature Bijan Robinson, who is quickly making a name for himself as one of the NFL’s most dangerous tailbacks.
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Omar Kelly
october 23, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Ott ranks fourth in attempts among tailbacks, behind Tory Blaylock (42), Jovantae Barnes (19) and Xavier Robinson (13).
—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
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
Omar Kelly
october 23, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Ott ranks fourth in attempts among tailbacks, behind Tory Blaylock (42), Jovantae Barnes (19) and Xavier Robinson (13).
—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
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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Advent Calendar Instead of chocolates, this advent calendar is filled with jams and honey to add some extra flavor to your favorite foodie’s holiday season.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
26 Oct. 2025
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Carr recalled Yamamoto getting into similar jams in Japan, and making pitches to get out of them.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
26 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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Meanwhile, production bottlenecks, labor shortages, tighter government spending, and the lack of Western technology are increasingly causing strains in the economy, Prokopenko said.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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The model, called Project Eluna, is built to help operators anticipate supply chain bottlenecks by pulling in historical and real-time data to recommend actions, ideally cutting down time needed to analyze dashboards so users can spend more time coaching their teams.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Tailbacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailbacks. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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