backwater
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A Jewish homeland in backwaters of the Ottoman empire seemed unattainable, and pressing domestic concerns like slavery and temperance took precedence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Conditions at these plants - many of which are in rural backwaters - can be toxic and harmful to public health, as well as potentially dangerous.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025
His message has appealed to certain backwaters in the American public.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2025
The fish were historically found in backwaters and sloughs along the lower Colorado River and in slow-moving seeps and streams in the Salton Sink basin, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024
The hotel guests were ferried across the backwaters, straight from Cochin.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Vocabulary lists containing backwater
Red Kayak
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This Week In Culture: October 19–25, 2019
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
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