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Backs

British  
/ bæks /

plural noun

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

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“It was actually less painful and kind of easier than I thought it would be,” Backs said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Backs to wall for part of it but absolutely class from England these last two days!

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2024

Under the headline “Britain Backs Labour,” the Times reported how “Tony Blair and the Labour Party swept to a victory of historic proportions in Britain’s national election on Thursday, ending 18 years of Conservative control.”

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2022

As Age advances, ails and aches attend, Backs builded broadest burdensomely bend; Cuttingly cruel comes consuming Care, Dealing delusions, drivelry, despair.

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)