trail behind
Example Sentences
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Toyota and other Japanese carmakers have long produced hybrid vehicles, though they trail behind companies such as BYD and Tesla in battery electric vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
As he stops right next to the fishing boat, hundreds of birds trail behind it.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
For years, I left a trail behind me: stacked dishes, smeared counters, a fine dusting of flour like evidence.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
They now trail behind only the peaks reached before the dot-com crash of March 2000.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
Most of the people trail behind the Chancellor exiting the room.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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