backside
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He knows that the hardest thing about writing is suppressing the powerful urge to do anything—anything!—other than to keep the backside on the chair and to put words on the page.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
"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
Among the newly popular offerings: a slouchier, lower-rise version of its flagship jean sold as 501 ’90s, and its wedgie bootcut fit, which was designed to flatter the backside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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
It wasn’t altogether surprising, therefore, that Dudley kept running his hand nervously over his backside, and walking sideways from room to room, so as not to present the same target to the enemy.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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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
"It allows officers to sit on their backsides all day and do nothing," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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
He bought a package of typing paper and wrote straight through the stack, then he turned it over and wrote on the backsides of the pages.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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