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These humpback whales, they’re right underneath these tiny little boats, and if they wanted to, they could just flick their tail, and you’d be off in the sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Air Canada flight was being towed to its gate when the other plane made contact with its tail, an Air Canada spokesperson told NBC 4 news.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

According to the tail number released by the Coast Guard, the plane belonged to Latitude Air Ambulances, a company that provides international medical flights for patients returning home.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

A section of the plane’s rudder—which controls side to side movements—was ripped from its tail, according to images of the aircraft and an official familiar with the initial investigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

I opened the door and Maeve sailed past me, her lovely ears back, her tail high as Anna stood there, hands out, and the dog went around the table and into her arms.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

I tried Kumamoto oysters here as part of a sprawling seafood tower — alongside snow crab, lobster tails, tuna tartare with seaweed salad and more — and they immediately became my new favorite variety.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

"Most of the crashes here are fairly simple nose to tails, nothing too serious," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Gotham is able to distinguish between the animals largely thanks to "fluke prints": whales have unique patterns on the underside of their tails, similar to human fingerprints, St. Lawrence explained.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Within it are structures that resemble tufts of hair or comet-like tails.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

The island is about 12,000 tails long and is below a waterfall.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

In many ways, “Becoming George” serves as a thoroughgoing and persuasive amendment to the incomplete legacy that has tailed Sand for so long.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

He didn’t notice the gray Acura sedan that tailed him through rush-hour traffic on Sunset Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

She was arrested on 13 December, when she tailed a food delivery worker to enter the property through a side gate.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Sauropods were long necked, long tailed plant eaters that grew into the largest animals ever to walk on land, yet their earliest life stages were small, exposed, and highly vulnerable.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026

The tide was running so that long streaks of foam tailed away from the reef and for a moment they felt that the boat was moving steadily astern.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Court police had to settle for tailing the Maxima to the tennis courts and hiding out in the bushes watching the match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Her international career was at risk of tailing off.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

ChatGPT price-war report comes as data shows AI usage already tailing off.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

But other portions were harder to confirm -- with Thai authorities not providing information, and Chinese officials tailing our reporters and impeding efforts to talk further with him.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

Until, that is, she finds Dex and Tristas tailing her to the barracks two nights before the Third Trial.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir