backwater
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When Miller joined Weil in 1969 as its 14th partner, bankruptcy law was widely viewed as a disreputable backwater within major law partnerships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
And the effects run both ways: embankments and barrages built for India's protection have raised water levels and caused backwater flooding in Nepal's Terai, which is Nepal's long-standing concern,' says Sanyal.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Query why emoluments get the backhand, and this clause is sort of forgotten and maybe implicitly deemed as this backwater.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
In 1877, he got to Los Angeles, then a 10,000-person backwater, and began working for the water company as a zanjero, or ditch-digger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Historiographic conceits aside, Polybius was born in Arcadia, notorious throughout antiquity as an irredeemable backwater.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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