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Recent Examples of tailgate
When Ferrell's eldest was attending his alma mater — the University of Southern California — the actor made headlines DJing a Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity tailgate during Trojan Family Weekend.
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Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
Perhaps a set of removable walls and tailgate to box the bed in?
—New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2025
The rear of the Heritage Customs Valiance Pick-Up, with door and tailgate open.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2025
But the two also love opera and decided last year to take a road trip with their friends to tailgate before the performance.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
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Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
Perhaps a set of removable walls and tailgate to box the bed in?
—New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2025
The rear of the Heritage Customs Valiance Pick-Up, with door and tailgate open.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2025
But the two also love opera and decided last year to take a road trip with their friends to tailgate before the performance.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailgate
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One rider, identified as Richard Collins, the leader of the group, told Fox 5 Atlanta the black SUV tailed the group and laid down the horn.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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The hit was outsourced to a hulking Estonian assassin, Imre (the Butcher) Arakas, who arrived at Dublin Airport on April 3, 2017, and was immediately tailed by officers from the An Garda Síochána’s Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, who arrested him the next day.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Then he was dogged by rumors that his Netflix road-trip docuseries with former One Direction mate Louis Tomlinson went belly-up because the two got into a verbal and then physical argument that tanked the show.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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For Swift, the criticism that dogged her career ultimately sparked some of her biggest hits.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Tailgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailgate. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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