backwater
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In 1877, he got to Los Angeles, then a 10,000-person backwater, and began working for the water company as a zanjero, or ditch-digger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
That should alarm you even if you never fly beer to a dry village, because forfeiture in America is not a procedural backwater.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Bank of England made the British Empire the mightiest in the world, but the North American colonies remained a financial backwater as they struggled to assert their independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Sausalito has since transformed from hippie backwater to high-end suburb, but the club maintains an air of salty informality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
One of the car’s tires had come off and was floating in a backwater eddy of the Cocytus.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing backwater
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