tail
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They also did not model the support provided by the tail while the dinosaur was in a tripodal position.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Perhaps England could have pushed towards 290, but Axar induced Dawson into a pull to deep square, then the left-arm spinner mopped up the tail.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Modi will be in New Zealand for little more than a day, at the tail end of a July 6-11 tour that has also taken him to Indonesia and Australia.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
“Science class starts… NOW!” the company posted on Facebook, noting that a moose has 6-foot antlers “for defending territory,” while a beaver has a flat tail “for slapping water.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
He sniffed, wiping his snout with his tail.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The results were as unequivocal as heads and tails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
“While there may not be an immediate catalyst to exit the carry trade, the tails are fat and the probability for regime shift remains higher than usual.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
On Cape Verde's confidence, Williams said: "They'll be going into the Saudi Arabia game with their tails up thinking 'we can qualify here'."
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Ignoring those tails could mean that you’re missing out on some of that bigger picture of what’s happening.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
There’s nothing wrong with our eyesight, and we saw her take a flying leap at the dangling tails of Mrs. Cranston’s squirrel cape.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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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
All told, Boyd tailed Spivey for about 9 miles, much of it at high speed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
However, traffic tailed off the second half of the year, with the L.A. port expecting a single-digit decline in volume this year before Friday’s decision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 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 driver Dori Dilson wears a tailed white tuxedo and tall silk hat, but it is her passenger who rivets the crowd.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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ChatGPT price-war report comes as data shows AI usage already tailing off.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
They’re tailing skiers as they rip through moguls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 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
Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify appeared to show a ship tailing the Boikiy as it transited through the waterway, but we cannot confirm that this is the Royal Navy ship.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
I was less convinced that she didn’t have a car of plainclothes officers tailing Nicole.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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