Backs
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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)
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