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Recent Examples of tailgate
Take advantage of the deal, grab your roomies, and head to Costco to stock up on tailgating snacks, frozen entrees, salad kits, customer favorites, and sharing-sized chips, cookies, and cereal.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
An initial statement from the sheriff's office suggested the two vehicles were tailgating and break-checking each other.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The statement says that the two vehicles began to tailgate and break-check each other before West shot one round into the SUV.
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Campbell said Giddens shot Guida only after he’d been tailgated and Guida angrily confronted him.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2025
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
An initial statement from the sheriff's office suggested the two vehicles were tailgating and break-checking each other.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The statement says that the two vehicles began to tailgate and break-check each other before West shot one round into the SUV.
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Campbell said Giddens shot Guida only after he’d been tailgated and Guida angrily confronted him.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailgate
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In Erling Haaland and Gianluigi Donnarumma, Manchester City are top and tailed by arguably the best in their positions in the country.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Don't tail large vehicles closely - Trucks or buses can kick up a water spray that obstructs visibility.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Stacey’s dogged dedication to existing in her truth is clearly going to grate further and further on the women as the season proceeds.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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Founded in 2000 by South Korean pastor David Jang, Olivet has been dogged by legal troubles for a decade and has denied all of the criminal and civil allegations against it.—
Naveed Jamali,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Tailgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailgate. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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