astern
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Sainz, Leclerc and Perez were running line astern from lap 23, straight after the Mexican's pit stop.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2023
Halfway between New Zealand and Cape Horn, he was on the deck when a huge wave came from astern and broke over the boat.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2019
We would visit it again on the way south, but in between, once the archipelago had slipped over the horizon astern of us, we would see no land.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2018
Then Captain Villing headed for the mainland, with Fire Island astern.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2018
When Krete was out of sight astern, no land anywhere to be seen, but sky and ocean, Kronion put a dark cloud in the zenith over the ship, and gloom spread on the sea.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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