backside
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A 17-year-old jumper, according to social media footage, struck the ledge with his backside and crashed into the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
These days, that backside has turned Brunson into the most valuable asset in the entire NBA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 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
A backside spin, shorted to 'back' in the trick name, are set from the toe edge of the board and see the rider's chest facing downhill initially.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
Its black screen is bloated and curved, and its boxy white backside is propped against a dartboard.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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
A stirring which became an explosion as James Slipper, Jake Gordon and Tom Wright hit the Lions with three tries in mere minutes and put them on their backsides.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
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
How would we get money, sitting on our backsides in a shed?
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
