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behind

[bih-hahynd] / bɪˈhaɪnd /






PREPOSITION
in support
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In an interview with France Football in September, Mbappé acknowledged the light-heartedness behind many of these memes, but said they "sometimes reveals a lack of political and human awareness among people".

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

In 1886, Charles Martin Hall, a 22-year-old working in the woodshed behind his parents’ home in Oberlin, Ohio, had figured out how to mass produce it inexpensively using electric currents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Nathan Fielder, who’s behind the Elizabeth Holmes doc ‘You Can See Everything,’ is well-known to comedy fans for his docuseries ‘The Rehearsal’ and ‘Nathan for You.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Alison Green, the advice maven behind Ask a Manager, explores what makes some employees so resistant to quitting a toxic job.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

She reaches behind her for her own cellphone.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The $390 million Dodgers still have bristles in their behinds from the embarrassing revenge sweep Milwaukee put on them in the NLCS.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“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

But our behinds were so sore by Kalamazoo that he sold it for a twenty-dollar bill to a man with twin grandkids.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool


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