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The Mavs were without rookie center Dereck Lively II, who injured his neck when Towns accidentally kneed him in back of the head in Game 3.
From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024
One of his favorite specimens to send fellow arborists out to is the towering silk floss in back of Yamaguchi Bonsai Nursery on Sawtelle.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2024
“We are putting all of this time into understanding them,” Graham says, “but always in back of our minds, it was like, ‘We know what the gestures mean.’”
From Scientific American • Jan. 24, 2023
As they left Düsseldorf by train, Ruth began a diary: “Germany lies in back of us,” she wrote.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2023
“I thought the bailiff was in back of me, but it was only the dog.”
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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