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Billy Wagner, who briefly pitched for the Red Sox in 2009 towards the tail end of his 16-year MLB career, has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his 10th and final year of eligibility.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
He was elected in 2016, at the tail end of a period when technological progress and social progress still seemed intertwined.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
This would mirror what Trump did to Biden at the tail end of the Republican’s first presidency by putting Cuba back on the terror list when a Federal Register notice was published on Jan. 22, 2021 – after Biden’s inauguration.
—Jason M. Blazakis, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
That fact belies another truth: The Warriors didn’t go for it at the tail end of the Stephen Curry-Draymond Green era the way some other teams have, with pulling back on a Lauri Markkanen deal being a notable road not taken.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
He was elected in 2016, at the tail end of a period when technological progress and social progress still seemed intertwined.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
This would mirror what Trump did to Biden at the tail end of the Republican’s first presidency by putting Cuba back on the terror list when a Federal Register notice was published on Jan. 22, 2021 – after Biden’s inauguration.
—Jason M. Blazakis, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
That fact belies another truth: The Warriors didn’t go for it at the tail end of the Stephen Curry-Draymond Green era the way some other teams have, with pulling back on a Lauri Markkanen deal being a notable road not taken.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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“The tail end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tail%20end. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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