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  • past participle of tail.
  • past tense form of tail.
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tailed

[tayld] / teɪld /


ADJECTIVE
tracked
Synonyms
Antonyms


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Sea eagles, also known as white tailed eagles, were hunted to extinction in the UK and the UK's last native white-tailed eagle was shot in Shetland back in 1918, according to the charity.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Greaves had pushed the ball wide to the left-hander from over the wicket before he tailed a delivery back into Masood who played down the wrong line and inside edged on to his stumps.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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

All told, Boyd tailed Spivey for about 9 miles, much of it at high speed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

As Laila reached for the curtains, she saw a car pass by on the street tailed by a cloud of dust.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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