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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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When Alex Backs and Kelsey Loch started looking to buy their first house near Indianapolis last fall, they found lots of homes to choose from within their $375,000 budget.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

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

From Washington Times Sep. 27, 2023

Backs Helena Rowland and Amber Reed are also poised to rejoin the Test arena, included on the bench.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2023

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

From Washington Post Oct. 14, 2022

He sees in The Backs what looks rather like a huge moat, designed to keep marauders from the sacred college courts, and filled with discoloured water, destitute seemingly of all stream.

From Rowing by Rudolf Chambers Lehmann

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