derriere

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It’s the least visible part of my body, yet I’ve had good reason lately to obsess about my gluteus maximus, my derrière, my whole imperfect situation back there.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026

Which is how they find themselves stumbling off the twice-weekly bus to the derrière of nowhere, squinting at a dirt track that only seems to lead to more dirt.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Typically, in Kenneth MacMillan’s production of “Romeo and Juliet,” that moment is drawn out, with Juliet deeply arching her back in a cambré derrière over the tomb.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2023

The Nike team added a tunic to cover the derrière and loose pants to disguise musculature.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2019

Les Turcs de derrière les travers et les flancs des bastions voisins fasaient sur elle un feu très-vif de canon et de mousqueterie.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley