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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailgated
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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.
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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.
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Goldberg, on the other hand, hounded Freedman with questions, asking about every material used in every step of the process.
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Even Arnett recounted a moment where she was hounded by photographers on her way to the Monster-in-Law set, only contributing to her level of stress.
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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.
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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.
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Williams wore a high-low skirt with a train that trailed the athlete onto center court.
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The Cubs trailed 1-0, and Michael Busch promptly struck out to end a scoring threat.
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“Tailgated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailgated. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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