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Backs

British

/ bæks /

plural noun

the grounds between the River Cam and certain Cambridge colleges

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Appeared in the April 8, 2026, print edition as 'Trump Backs Off Threat to Level Iran'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2022

Backs that had never been aught but pliant grew stiff.

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.

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