on someone's back
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But, he added, capturing rare images such as a hare feeding her leveret on someone's back lawn was "just amazing".
From BBC • May 17, 2025
We hotly debated early on when no one else was doing this, since we have this static device sitting on someone’s back deck.
From The Verge • Jul. 4, 2022
I have seen grainy videos of gray aliens on someone’s back patio.
From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2021
I could just turn into Bran and ride on someone’s back for awhile.
From Time • Jul. 13, 2015
When someone falls ill, the family throws out his belongings, puts the sick person on someone’s back or a wagon if the family is lucky enough to have one, and march on.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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