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Recent Examples of tailback
Most recently, the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl — and not just due to the addition of tailback Saquon Barkley.
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C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
The defense has the pieces to be good again, and Heupel’s offense, fortified by Duke transfer tailback Star Thomas, could still do well.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Maybe the running back-needy Denver Broncos, at pick No. 20, want to get ahead of the running back-needy Dallas Cowboys at pick No. 12 to draft Boise State tailback Ashton Jeanty and put a call into general manager John Lynch.
—Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
The Texans used the pick Miami sent them to draft USC tailback Woody Marks.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
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C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
The defense has the pieces to be good again, and Heupel’s offense, fortified by Duke transfer tailback Star Thomas, could still do well.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Maybe the running back-needy Denver Broncos, at pick No. 20, want to get ahead of the running back-needy Dallas Cowboys at pick No. 12 to draft Boise State tailback Ashton Jeanty and put a call into general manager John Lynch.
—Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
The Texans used the pick Miami sent them to draft USC tailback Woody Marks.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailback
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But Kyle Tucker’s run-scoring single in the fifth put the Cubs ahead again, and Taillon got out of a jam in the sixth, aided by Nico Hoerner nailing a runner at the plate on a fielder’s choice grounder.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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The next blues jam at The Bakery District is set for 1-6 p.m. June 15.—
Monica Hooper,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2025
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When irregular operations occur (due to weather delays, for instance), agents can provide assistance throughout the terminal rather than creating bottlenecks at service desks.—
Stoyan Mitov,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The bottleneck trickles down: Wards become holding areas, the ER becomes a de facto ward and the lobby becomes the ER.—
Eric Snoey,
Twin Cities,
25 May 2025
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Europe cannot know in advance whether a refreshed Russia would renew attacks on Ukraine, move forward into Belarus, threaten Poland, or snarl at the Baltics.—
Barry R. Posen,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Apr. 2025
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Walker provides a snarl that is otherwise missing from the lineup, despite being 5-foot-11 and 191 pounds, and that could pay dividends when the intensity ramps up in the postseason.—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Tailback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailback. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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