backside
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Among the newly popular offerings: a slouchier, lower-rise version of its flagship jean sold as 501 ’90s, and its wedgie bootcut fit, which was designed to flatter the backside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
These days, that backside has turned Brunson into the most valuable asset in the entire NBA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
It might be a game where Arsenal need a little kick up the backside, though.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Sometimes, those gates can snap back and deliver a parting gift – a smack on the backside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026
Clare watched until Frabwick’s ghostly backside lumbered into the pulsing red light, then perked his good ear toward the forest, awaiting his favorite sound.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Perhaps part of the reason for the silence is that people aren’t getting the information out of Iran that they need to get them off their backsides and into the streets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
“We are working our backsides off, we feel unfulfilled, and we think, ‘For what?’”
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
A stirring which became an explosion as James Slipper, Jake Gordon and Tom Wright hit the Lions with three tries in mere minutes and put them on their backsides.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
To its embarrassment, the Katy ISD Board of Trustees realized that its “nudity” bans had extended to several elementary school library books depicting cartoon backsides.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2023
A few Continentals dashed by, their hands holding their hats on their heads, and canteens and cartridge cases banging against their backsides.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
