backbone

Example Sentences

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All of them came through the academy at the same time and have now become the backbone of the team.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Fannie and Freddie buy mortgages from lenders and wrap them into bonds, forming the backbone for the U.S. housing finance system.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

There’s doubt massive tankers, once the backbone of global crude flows, will be returning in quite the same numbers to the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Clusters of birds were perched along its broken backbone, watching us as we blew past the stop sign and turned the corner.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken