be on the back of
Example Sentences
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When they face Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, it will be on the back of a long-haul journey.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2024
“So when you’re waiting for his groundstroke, you are going to be on the back of your feet, so he can use a drop shot much better than some other guys.”
From Washington Post • May 27, 2022
Well, it made all the sense in the world that it would be on the back of a router, and we have a company, Eero, building world-class mesh routers.
From The Verge • Oct. 12, 2021
That authorization would be on the back of a small U.K. study that, even if successful, would fall far short of the normal requirements for the approval of a vaccine.
From Slate • Aug. 23, 2020
At times we seemed to be on the back of the world; at others diving to its recesses.
From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow
