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Backs

British

/ bæks /

plural noun

the grounds between the River Cam and certain Cambridge colleges

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Backs

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

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

The All Backs had recorded a bonus-point fourth try inside 25 minutes.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023

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

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2022

And afterwards there was the stroll along the "Backs," and, in the golden hour before sunset, afternoon tea in the garden, and I need not say that I missed my train.

From Our House And London out of Our Windows by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

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