backwater
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When I visited Xingguo, it remained an economic backwater.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
America’s transformation during the 19th century from an agrarian backwater into a global power was captained by men who engaged in maneuvers that would be completely illegal today but weren’t at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
It had about three houses, and right in the middle there was a sign over a building saying “Casino,” and it had a slot machine in, so it was a real American backwater.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025
Olympics, but Southern California — which did not have a Russian Consulate — was considered a backwater in the Cold War spy game.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025
Seattle was a city that had long been considered, and was sometimes prone to consider itself, a backwater in many regards, and not least in the world of sports.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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