backbone

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Lemon sparkling water forms the backbone, amplified with an extra squeeze of whatever citrus is hanging around the kitchen—lemon, lime, orange, even grapefruit.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

The road "is basically the backbone of Russian occupation in the south", Clément Molin, an analyst at the French-based think tank Atum Mundi, told the BBC.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Run-A-Muck’s bigger plan is to see which stories land with readers and turn them into the backbone of other money-making projects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

“Public hospitals are the backbone of our healthcare system,” Ahrens said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

They call it “the backbone of night,” as if the sky were some great beast inside which we live.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan