as in pursuit
the act of going after or in the tracks of another
the reporter's constant tailing of the candidate resulted in an exclusive scoop
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as in chasing
to go after or on the track of
detectives tailed the suspect to see where he was going at that time of the evening
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Recent Examples of tailing
Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2025
Environmentalists stress that the risks associated with tailings basins like Mile Post 7 do not end when mining operations cease.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Mining giant Rio Tinto is experimenting with ways to extract lithium that exists in boron mining waste, and a Canadian startup is working to recover rare earths from tin-mine tailings.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
The rest, plus any leakage that may get through a tailings pile’s liner, has the potential to pollute groundwater.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Using a water treatment plant at the mine, the company hopes to prevent tailings from contaminating local streams.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2025
Environmentalists stress that the risks associated with tailings basins like Mile Post 7 do not end when mining operations cease.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Mining giant Rio Tinto is experimenting with ways to extract lithium that exists in boron mining waste, and a Canadian startup is working to recover rare earths from tin-mine tailings.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
The rest, plus any leakage that may get through a tailings pile’s liner, has the potential to pollute groundwater.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailing
Noun
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Do not let naysayers stop you from your heart’s pursuit.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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The formal agenda of the Federal Communications Commission's open meeting this week seemed well in line with its normal wonky pursuits.—
Steven Levy,
Wired News,
2 May 2025
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These measurements are tracked by Billboard and Luminate, and cover the data tracking eligibility period of March 22, 2024, through March 20, 2025.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
15 May 2025
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Eric Church’s New Album Debuts In its first full tracking frame, Evangeline Vs.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Nebraska is all in on pursuing Millard South tight end Isaac Jensen.—
Mitch Sherman,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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Any international observer should be able to understand Seoul’s reasoning for pursuing a nuclear option.—
Robert E. Kelly,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Dec. 2024
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Genetic tracing of market wildlife and viruses at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic Before joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science journalist, specializing in U.S. life science policy and global scientific career issues.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
7 May 2025
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And its tracing of spatial distributions emerges from spying enormous bubblelike arrangements of galaxies thought to have formed from more primordial templates, called baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs).—
Lyndie Chiou,
Scientific American,
30 Apr. 2025
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At its current levels of $13, RUM stock is trading at 31x trailing revenues, which seems to be high.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Tangent Palantir is 2024’s third-best performing stock of any public company worth at least $50 billion regardless of S&P status, trailing only marketing software firm Applovin (756% gain) and bitcoin hoarder MicroStrategy (477%).—
Derek Saul,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Swim in a direction following the shoreline.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2025
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Major stock markets in Asia and Europe rose today in trading following the announcement of electronics exemptions.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Tailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailing. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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