tails

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Hutchings uses scallops, large shrimp and fish fillets, but other options like oysters, lobster tails, crabs, mussels and clams are perfectly acceptable.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Acceleration is initially much faster, but so is the rate at which it tails off later on the straights.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Suddenly, the Irish tails were up and replacement prop Michael Milne burrowed over.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

While these models successfully describe simple, comet-like gas tails, they struggle to recreate the double-tailed structure observed around WASP-121b.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

Even their tails wagged in unison: hup, hup, hup, hup.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood