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On Sept. 21, the Rams traded Cam Akers and found their running back answer, a spark plug named Kyren Williams.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024

But their messenger brought back answer that as Saint Erik's day was a Swedish festival, the patriots would enter the town before that day and attend to the festival themselves.

From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Watson, Paul Barron

I bade thee Stand to me, help me, hold my hand in thine And give my heart back answer.

From Rosamund, queen of the Lombards, a tragedy by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

She tried to keep sarcasm from her voice, realising that it was the first time in her career she had ever given anything approaching a "back answer," yet unable to resist making some retort.

From Juggernaut by Campbell, Alice

I doesn't say nuffin' 't all afore dem, 'cause you see 'taint right to give de back answer to de ministers; but dey's league 'long o' de oders, Walley!

From The Haunted Homestead A Novel by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte