backbone
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But the numbers of the new variants have shot up since July, and they are becoming the backbone of Russia’s long-range drone campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
It wasn’t accidental how the Appalachian Trail became my family’s backbone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Copper remains the backbone of Zambia's economy, generating around 70 percent of export earnings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
"They are the backbone of Celtic, and I'm delighted to have them."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Of course there was the hunger, and his stomach was definitely moving toward his backbone, but still. . . bugs, he thought.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
For decades, palaeontologists believed that the largest ocean predators were vertebrates with backbones such as fish and reptiles while invertebrates like octopuses and squid played supporting roles.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
“If you look at the collection of companies that ultimately formed Lumen, the underlying technologies and backbones were never integrated,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
In 1981, researchers uncovered a set of ancient snake backbones at Hordle Cliff on England's south coast.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
Animals without a backbones evolved first, around 700 million years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
They boo’ed in the tubes of the corkscrew stairs, rattled the wooden shutters, whined shrilly through the shot windows, stirred the cold tapestries in frigid undulations, searched for backbones.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
