Backs
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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 to wall for part of it but absolutely class from England these last two days!
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2024
Backs Vilaseca and Nicolas Freitas joined in to drive hooker German Kessler over.
From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2023
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
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 Lehmann, Rudolf Chambers
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