behind
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“The picture behind our borders is that all their focus is on Ukraine,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Tennis is hardly a national pastime in the Philippines, ranking far behind basketball and soccer to the archipelago’s population of roughly 120 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Lawrence was bowled by a nip-backer and Robinson edged behind to give Abbas 5-57, which he celebrated with a point to the sky.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
“But the market is already looking over Friday’s jobs report toward the inflation numbers waiting behind it, because that is where Warsh has told us the argument ultimately lives,” Ives wrote in his note.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
She pulled two plates from behind her back, frybread on each.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“They need to get off their behinds and get in the voting booth and vote. It’s the only way we’re going to turn this around now,” he said.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
"It is the first moment that separates our heads from our behinds."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2024
Research published Thursday in the journal Science suggests they feed their hatchlings a milk-like substance too, but from their behinds.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Though curious and wide-ranging in her investigation, Radke chose to leave some behinds behind.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022
None of them knew so much as how to wipe their behinds.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
