as in chased
to go after or on the track of
detectives tailed the suspect to see where he was going at that time of the evening
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Recent Examples of tailed
Meanwhile, Dean Estabrook tailed the bus full of his Yuba City High School choir students from his personal car, a two-vehicle caravan en route to a choral exchange in the Bay Area.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Details about the underlying allegation remain murky, but the department sources familiar with the matter said the LAPD’s secretive Special Operations Division tailed officers who were under investigation.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
One rider, identified as Richard Collins, the leader of the group, told Fox 5 Atlanta the black SUV tailed the group and laid down the horn.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
The hit was outsourced to a hulking Estonian assassin, Imre (the Butcher) Arakas, who arrived at Dublin Airport on April 3, 2017, and was immediately tailed by officers from the An Garda Síochána’s Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, who arrested him the next day.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Players who find themselves being tailed tend to take it first as a badge of honor.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
Plan was to be bushy tailed & beauty rested, as I was meant to head straight to glam for a slot with our beloved Drew Barrymore upon landing.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
Plan was to be bushy tailed & beauty rested [sic], as I was meant to head straight to glam for a slot with our beloved @DrewBarrymore, upon landing.
—Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
San Francisco Police Department The vehicle fled from the Palace of Fine Arts while being tracked by drone and tailed by plainclothes officers, police said.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Details about the underlying allegation remain murky, but the department sources familiar with the matter said the LAPD’s secretive Special Operations Division tailed officers who were under investigation.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
One rider, identified as Richard Collins, the leader of the group, told Fox 5 Atlanta the black SUV tailed the group and laid down the horn.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
The hit was outsourced to a hulking Estonian assassin, Imre (the Butcher) Arakas, who arrived at Dublin Airport on April 3, 2017, and was immediately tailed by officers from the An Garda Síochána’s Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, who arrested him the next day.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Players who find themselves being tailed tend to take it first as a badge of honor.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
Plan was to be bushy tailed & beauty rested, as I was meant to head straight to glam for a slot with our beloved Drew Barrymore upon landing.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
Plan was to be bushy tailed & beauty rested [sic], as I was meant to head straight to glam for a slot with our beloved @DrewBarrymore, upon landing.
—Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
San Francisco Police Department The vehicle fled from the Palace of Fine Arts while being tracked by drone and tailed by plainclothes officers, police said.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailed
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In April, Clarke was arrested on drug charges in Arkansas after he was chased by authorities, CBS affiliate WREG-TV reported.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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The bear chased other groups of visitors.—
Mark Price
May 12,
Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2026
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General manager Morgan Tuck said part of the reason the team pursued Griner in free agency was to help establish the franchise’s culture amid its rebuild, and her impact shows in the instant chemistry the team has found on and off the court.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
8 May 2026
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International criminal court complaints for transnational repression on the territory of member states could potentially also be pursued.—
Irwin Cotler,
Time,
8 May 2026
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None of the six Southern California counties from Ventura County to San Diego County tracked by Attom saw median condo prices rise year over year.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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So far, the object has been tracked only 24 times over several days.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Being separated from her parents as a baby was an unhealed sorrow for Heidi, and her anguish followed her into the messy intimacy of family life.—
Nicholas Dawidoff,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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Albies and Olson followed with consecutive two-run singles.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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Two Russian military ships, the Ivan Gren and Aleksandr Otrakovsky, escorted the vessel, and on the morning of December 22, the Portuguese navy dropped the tail, the statement added.—
Pau Mosquera,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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Oduor was seen on surveillance videos outside of a Fells Point bar, which Costa said he had been escorted out of.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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“Tailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailed. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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