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Sainz, Leclerc and Perez were running line astern from lap 23, straight after the Mexican's pit stop.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2023

Halfway between New Zealand and Cape Horn, he was on the deck when a huge wave came from astern and broke over the boat.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2019

We would visit it again on the way south, but in between, once the archipelago had slipped over the horizon astern of us, we would see no land.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2018

Then Captain Villing headed for the mainland, with Fire Island astern.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2018

Immediately, the James Caird sprang ahead, with the Dudley Docker nipping along in its wake, but the Stancomb Wills fell farther and farther astern.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong