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The Ferraris staged a frantic scrap over the first five laps in which they seemed to spend almost as much time side by side as in line astern.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024

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

The flow was less strong and as he rubbed the side of his hand against the planking of the skiff, particles of phosphorus floated off and drifted slowly astern.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway