Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailgating
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But with Devin Vassell tailing him, Hart went up with both hands and was a bit too strong, sending the ball off the back of the rim.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2026 -
The colt entered the race with 8-1 morning odds and was tailing the favorite, Taj Mahal, at the beginning of the race before eventually pulling ahead.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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No bins or baskets, just raw-dogging it up there (for lack of a better phrase).—
Tessa Petak,
InStyle,
30 May 2026
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Offshore Data Centers Face Challenges Aikido’s plan avoids the prickly not-in-my-backyard complaints that are dogging both onshore wind and data-center projects.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Mar. 2026
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Miguel Craven, an energy systems graduate student at UC Davis, is shadowing Brooks this year as the non-voting student regent.—
CalMatters,
Oc Register,
11 Nov. 2025
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Born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, Johnson learned the blues by shadowing Charley Patton and Son House.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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McConnell got to his spots easily for pull-up jumpers and picked Dillingham clean after hounding him in the backcourt to force one of the second-year point guard’s three turnovers.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Inappropriate client interaction such as hounding a woman to come over to his house late at night and slipshod work that ended with a grandmother’s eviction got a Daytona Beach attorney suspended from his law career for two years.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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And if floor length is more your style, Banana Republic’s V-neck silhouette with a trailing scarf is ready for any party.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
10 Dec. 2025
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The year 2025 seems nearly certain to enter the books tied with 2023 as the second-hottest ever measured, trailing only 2024.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Tailgating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailgating. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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