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backside

[bak-sahyd] / ˈbækˌsaɪd /


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

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

"It is frustrating and when somebody is right up your backside, either flashing or becoming angry because you're doing 20 mph - it's unnerving."

From BBC Mar. 10, 2026

Sometimes, those gates can snap back and deliver a parting gift – a smack on the backside.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 15, 2026

She landed a competition-first backside 1620 trick - featuring four-and-a-half rotations - but over-rotated at the very last moment.

From BBC Feb. 12, 2026

Its black screen is bloated and curved, and its boxy white backside is propped against a dartboard.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

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

To its embarrassment, the Katy ISD Board of Trustees realized that its “nudity” bans had extended to several elementary school library books depicting cartoon backsides.

From Salon Dec. 30, 2023

She was tired of staring at the backsides of the people crowding around us.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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