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behind

[bih-hahynd] / bɪˈhaɪnd /






PREPOSITION
in support
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One club that has been at real risk in recent years is Tottenham, who were third bottom and two points behind West Ham with four games of last season remaining.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Rick McCormack, the architect behind the look, credited founder David Overton with the inspiration, saying he wanted to evoke funky 1970s San Francisco restaurants located in grand Victorian houses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Real coach Jose Mourinho said on Saturday that the club had "done our part" to put the controversy behind them.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

The team identified two important chemical influences behind this process.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

The words hiding behind her eyes tell me that she’s thought a lot about it.

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

"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

And sure, the students might not read it—but it’s a crucial way for faculty to cover their own behinds at grading time, or at least point to when they start to get letters.

From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2022

They bobbed their heads and shook their slack behinds and turned, one at a time: “ ’Bye, Annie.”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou


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