backside
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It might be a game where Arsenal need a little kick up the backside, though.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
And have the most important play happen while some latecomer blocks your view with his backside while trying to find his seat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
There are various types of flips that have unique names that don't spell out exactly what the trick contains - including wildcat, tamedog, backflip, frontflip, rodeo, backside rodeo and corked spin.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
After two days, I’d start eyeing my mushy backside with disdain in restaurant windows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
She managed to kick the ball straight through my legs but slid on the wet grass and ended up on her backside.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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
It doesn't matter that this is at Old Trafford, because we will still kick their backsides there anyway!
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024
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
