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Backs

British  
/ bæks /

plural noun

  1. the grounds between the River Cam and certain Cambridge colleges

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Appeared in the April 8, 2026, print edition as 'Trump Backs Off Threat to Level Iran'.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

Backs Aki, Marcus Smith and Duhan van der Merwe, as well as forwards Luke Cowan-Dickie, Tadhg Beirne and Tom Curry were all also part of the tour to South Africa four years ago.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2025

Backs Vilaseca and Nicolas Freitas joined in to drive hooker German Kessler over.

From Washington Times Sep. 27, 2023

“This cannot be sustained,” said Volker Backs, the company’s managing director.

From Washington Post Oct. 14, 2022

Fronts may be, and have been, false, but never these "Backs."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 21 1890 by Various

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