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Recent Examples of tailback
Most notably, both tackle Patrick Paul and tailback Jaylen Wright, the latter of whom was invited but didn’t play in the game due to injury, caught scouts eyes in 2024.
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C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2025
The departure of tailback Cam Skattebo likely means defenses will turn their focus to Leavitt.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Mason, meanwhile, led the 49ers’ in rushing yards (789 yards) and his rushing average (5.2 yards) was the best among the team’s tailbacks.
—Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
The last four teams standing in the AFC — Kansas City (Hunt), Buffalo (James Cook), Baltimore (Travis Henry) and Houston (Joe Mixon) — all featured at least one tailback who carried the rock 170 times or more during the regular season.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
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C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2025
The departure of tailback Cam Skattebo likely means defenses will turn their focus to Leavitt.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Mason, meanwhile, led the 49ers’ in rushing yards (789 yards) and his rushing average (5.2 yards) was the best among the team’s tailbacks.
—Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
The last four teams standing in the AFC — Kansas City (Hunt), Buffalo (James Cook), Baltimore (Travis Henry) and Houston (Joe Mixon) — all featured at least one tailback who carried the rock 170 times or more during the regular season.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailback
Noun
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The annual event will feature vendors, strawberries, strawberry jam, themed basket drawings and arts and crafts.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
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To originally launch her lifestyle brand in April 2024, Meghan sent jars of homemade strawberry jam to influencers and friends, each one labeled with a number from one to 50.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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No one paid much attention to the Oklahoma City bottleneck, including the FAA’s own Office of Inspector General which inexplicably failed to mention it in a report on the controller shortage.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The drug has historically been delivered via autoinjector pens, which emerged as a major bottleneck in ramping up supply.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Image For Meghan, the incident is the latest snarl in her efforts to create a lifestyle brand.—
Katie Van Syckle,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Still, in the cadre of causes (which include supply chain snarls, shifts in demand and spending patterns and Russia’s war in Ukraine) some prominent economists have said the massive fiscal packages passed under Trump and Biden stoked demand.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Tailback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailback. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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