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Recent Examples of tailgate
From hitch racks to tailgate pads, here are the best bike transport options for every type of rider.
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Josh Patterson, Outside Online, 9 May 2025
Fans arrived as early as 6:30 a.m. to tailgate during last year’s final game at the Oakland Coliseum.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Go deeper: How to tailgate for Charlotte FC matches
Editor’s note: This story was first published in February of 2022 and most recently updated Feb. 21, 2025.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
Hertz had to tailgate the vehicle in front of him the three miles to the beach.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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Josh Patterson, Outside Online, 9 May 2025
Fans arrived as early as 6:30 a.m. to tailgate during last year’s final game at the Oakland Coliseum.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Go deeper: How to tailgate for Charlotte FC matches
Editor’s note: This story was first published in February of 2022 and most recently updated Feb. 21, 2025.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
Hertz had to tailgate the vehicle in front of him the three miles to the beach.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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First tagged by researchers from OCEARCH in February near the Florida–Georgia border, Dold weighs 761 pounds and measures 11 feet 2 inches from tip to tail.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Those numbers mark the most profitable premiere in Boyle's career, though the film tails far behind the year's biggest horror premiere, Ryan Coogler's Sinners, which earned $45.6 million back in April.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
22 June 2025
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Since 2017, Spacey has been dogged by legal issues, which have derailed his Hollywood career.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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How could the company’s researchers avoid the community opposition that had dogged the Cambodia trial?—
Jon Cohen,
New Yorker,
24 June 2025
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“Tailgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailgate. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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