Example Sentences

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The story was tailing off when on Friday morning Police Scotland dropped another post - two more lynx had been spotted in the same area.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2025

Cuellar and Morales were unaware at the time that a law enforcement task force was tailing them as they drove from Compton and then got off the 110 Freeway in Torrance.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Ryan McMahon sent a hard grounder that was tailing away from Swanson.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2022

Guy was tailing Anderson by at least three points with 99 percent of votes tallied at press time.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2021

Harry streaked past Katie in the opposite direction, gazing around for a glint of gold and noticing that Cho Chang was tailing him closely.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling