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backside

[bak-sahyd] / ˈbækˌsaɪd /


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"In past falls, we noticed that meteorites larger than about 20g tended to be scattered wider and many came from close to the surface of the original space rock, which must have been its backside."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

One man was spotted riding his cricket bat like a hobby horse toward the dunes, slapping his backside in the breeze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

A 17-year-old jumper, according to social media footage, struck the ledge with his backside and crashed into the water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

These days, that backside has turned Brunson into the most valuable asset in the entire NBA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Once a cow coughed as he was peering up its backside, with entertaining results.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The sketch also revisited Trump’s recent remarks about men’s backsides, with Hanks becoming an unlikely recipient of the president’s fictional admiration.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Perhaps part of the reason for the silence is that people aren’t getting the information out of Iran that they need to get them off their backsides and into the streets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

“We are working our backsides off, we feel unfulfilled, and we think, ‘For what?’”

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026

A stirring which became an explosion as James Slipper, Jake Gordon and Tom Wright hit the Lions with three tries in mere minutes and put them on their backsides.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025

“Caleb and Bobby Gene Franklin, get your backsides in here right this minute!”

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon


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