tag team
noun
1
: a team of two or more professional wrestlers who spell each other during a match
2
: two or more people working in association toward the same goal
—usually hyphenated when used attributively
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Practice number nine on this sweaty Sunday — temperatures in the 90s and unrelenting humidity formed a miserable tag team — featured two such instances.
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Ben Standig, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
The Hurt Business gradually disbanded after Lashley and MVP departed in early 2022, but Alexander and Benjamin continued to compete as a tag team under the name for some time after that.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
In a perfect world, Belair and Cargill would have gotten a real chance to revitalize the tag team division, but even with Triple H at the helm, WWE hasn’t been overly anxious to create compelling storylines within the tag team division.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Bayley and Naomi via pinfall Candice LeRae was the unlikely replacement for Tiffany Stratton, who was supposed to tag team with Nia Jax against Bayley and Naomi.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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Ben Standig, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
The Hurt Business gradually disbanded after Lashley and MVP departed in early 2022, but Alexander and Benjamin continued to compete as a tag team under the name for some time after that.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
In a perfect world, Belair and Cargill would have gotten a real chance to revitalize the tag team division, but even with Triple H at the helm, WWE hasn’t been overly anxious to create compelling storylines within the tag team division.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Bayley and Naomi via pinfall Candice LeRae was the unlikely replacement for Tiffany Stratton, who was supposed to tag team with Nia Jax against Bayley and Naomi.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Tag team.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tag%20team. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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