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Recent Examples of tailback
Maybe the running back-needy Denver Broncos, at pick No. 20, want to get ahead of the running back-needy Dallas Cowboys at pick No. 12 to draft Boise State tailback Ashton Jeanty and put a call into general manager John Lynch.
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Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
The Texans used the pick Miami sent them to draft USC tailback Woody Marks.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
While tailback isn’t a need, only foolish franchises pass up adding generational talents such as Jeanty.
—Omar Kelly, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
If the Dolphins need someone to move the chains from a yard away in 2025, Mattison, the heaviest tailback on Miami’s roster at 220 pounds, could very well be their guy.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
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Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
The Texans used the pick Miami sent them to draft USC tailback Woody Marks.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
While tailback isn’t a need, only foolish franchises pass up adding generational talents such as Jeanty.
—Omar Kelly, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
If the Dolphins need someone to move the chains from a yard away in 2025, Mattison, the heaviest tailback on Miami’s roster at 220 pounds, could very well be their guy.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailback
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But Kyle Tucker’s run-scoring single in the fifth put the Cubs ahead again, and Taillon got out of a jam in the sixth, aided by Nico Hoerner nailing a runner at the plate on a fielder’s choice grounder.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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The next blues jam at The Bakery District is set for 1-6 p.m. June 15.—
Monica Hooper,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2025
Noun
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As part of its aggressive alignment with President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, the DeSantis administration has engineered a blueprint the state argues can resolve long-standing federal bottlenecks in Florida and across the nation.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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Leite argues that this is where the picture becomes less clear, suggesting that bottlenecks in the distribution chain are also holding local cinema up.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
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Runway construction and bad weather added to Newark travel snarls in recent days.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
5 May 2025
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More than 100,000 motorists pass through Wheat Ridge, Denver and southwestern Adams County every day on Interstates 70 and 76, often in maddening traffic snarls.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
5 May 2025
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“Tailback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailback. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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