tailgated

verb

past tense of tailgate
as in tailed

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  1. tailed
  2. hounded
  3. shadowed
  4. trailed
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  • Hamilton, a lefty, sliced a ball into left field that tailed away from a diving Ian Happ deep in the corner.
    — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • The activity is not unlike the way US and Soviet submarines tailed one another in the Cold War, but instead of running silent and running deep, highly reflective satellites easily stand out against the inky blackness of space.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Definition of tailed
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  • Whether or not Freddy deserved to be hounded off the internet didn’t really matter.
    — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • Goldberg, on the other hand, hounded Freedman with questions, asking about every material used in every step of the process.
    — Jesse Armas, Curbed, 16 June 2026
Definition of hounded
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  • The bear case that shadowed the company for two years, that a frontier lab spends more to serve a customer than the customer pays, was wrong from the start.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Defined by extreme cold, long periods of darkness, rugged landscapes and permanently shadowed craters, the lunar south pole is regarded as one of the most extreme environments humans will have ever explored, NASA says.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of shadowed
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  • Argentina trailed 2-0 late but roared back led by Messi’s initial goal and eighth of the tournament.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
  • The Golden State trailed the United States, China and Germany in global rankings.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of trailed
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