on the back of

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Oracle’s shares have surged higher in recent weeks on the back of “strong investor appetite to be long compute names,” Wood wrote.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

"When the wind has dropped, you can smell a kind of toxic chemical smell, and it's like a taste that you can almost feel on the back of your throat," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Oil prices extended gains Wednesday as Middle East peace talks stuttered, though stocks mostly rose on the back of continued demand for all things linked to artificial intelligence.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

While inflation in France, Italy and Spain picked up in May, it declined in the eurozone’s largest economy, Germany, mainly on the back of a fuel-tax cut introduced at the start of the month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The hairs on the back of my neck rose.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen