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It went most of this year without a permanent chair and the commission has largely stood aside as prediction markets surged on the back of sports event contracts, upending the gambling and brokerage industries.

From Barron's

It was the most wickets to fall on the first day of an Ashes Test since 1909, and came on the back of 19 wickets being taken on day one of the series opener in Perth.

From Barron's

Silver’s gains, however, have come largely over the back half of the year, with the white metal rising around 100% since the end of June on the back of both demand tied to its use in artificial-intelligence data centers and electric vehicle production and as a tool to hedge against inflation risks.

From Barron's

In the back of the car it strikes me how, just minutes ago, this piece of brain was still a part of a man's thoughts and fears of the surgery he was about to face.

From BBC

I'm wearing scrubs at the back of an operating theatre at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

From BBC