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Performance-wise, they have not been terrible, but their results have tailed off a bit.

From BBC • May 14, 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

Norman says that he even had to buy his own ticket to attend the 2024 Masters, where Augusta National Golf Club had him tailed by an undercover official taking notes on his behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

They had tailed Ministry workers on their way in, eavesdropped on their conversations, and learned by careful observation which of them could be relied upon to appear, alone, at the same time every day.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling