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Backs

British

/ bæks /

plural noun

the grounds between the River Cam and certain Cambridge colleges

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Residents and civilian leaders of these islands worry the military expansion puts a target on their backs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its deal with OpenAI “appears to sanction its theft of our work and cedes the value of what we create to a tech company that has built its business off our backs,” the Writers Guild of America stated.

From Los Angeles Times

He hadn’t thought porcupines capable of launching quills from their backs.

From Literature

The children’s backs were to them.

From Literature

Tech companies have targets on their backs.

From Barron's

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