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backside

[bak-sahyd] / ˈbækˌsaɪd /


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"I'm probably more loving when I'm losing, I'm probably more of a pain in the backside when I'm winning."

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 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

And have the most important play happen while some latecomer blocks your view with his backside while trying to find his seat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Even the polar bear, who sits on his backside chewing his four-inch claws with his four-inch teeth.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

"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

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

A few Continentals dashed by, their hands holding their hats on their heads, and canteens and cartridge cases banging against their backsides.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson


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