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Recent Examples of tailback
The 20-year-old transfer set aside NFL aspirations to reunite with offensive coordinator Buster Faulker, some former teammates from Georgia Tech and even a couple of Gators from Singleton’s youth football days in Atlanta, including star tailback Jadan Baugh.
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Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Auburn loaded up at running back, with Washington (788 yards at Baylor in 2025) among three new tailbacks who ran for over 600 yards last season.
—Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
One versatile, speedy tailback who may catch the attention of scouts at next week’s NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis is Nebraska’s Emmett Johnson, who is training in South Florida at Bommarito Performance Systems.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
The senior tailback recently signed with Washington at a school ceremony where Muir spoke about Bonner’s importance to the program.
—Dan Lovi, Daily News, 19 Dec. 2025
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Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Auburn loaded up at running back, with Washington (788 yards at Baylor in 2025) among three new tailbacks who ran for over 600 yards last season.
—Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
One versatile, speedy tailback who may catch the attention of scouts at next week’s NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis is Nebraska’s Emmett Johnson, who is training in South Florida at Bommarito Performance Systems.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
The senior tailback recently signed with Washington at a school ceremony where Muir spoke about Bonner’s importance to the program.
—Dan Lovi, Daily News, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailback
Noun
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Wexler induced a groundball to second as the Cobras defense turned a double play to escape the jam.—
Alex Kushel,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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The outing wasn’t free of some jams, but Wright worked out of them with poise.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Though the intent is to ease congestion on a highly trafficked portion of the interstate, neighborhood and citywide groups oppose the project after maps revealed neighborhoods in historically Black parts of town could lose homes.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Apr. 2026
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Let’s address emissions and street congestion.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But the biggest bottlenecks that threaten scaling industrialization revolve around energy and political will.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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That difficulty serves as a natural bottleneck.—
The AI Insider,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Fertilizer stocks — The persisting snarl in shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz drove trading of chemical and fertilizer stocks Monday.—
Christina Cheddar Berk,Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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Killing birds, scampering around the crawl space at night, making the local coyotes snarl at Charlie’s SUV… everything Katie does has to be deniable enough for her parents to roll with it, a story choice that defangs Cronin’s ability to let loose.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Tailback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailback. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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