be behind
Example Sentences
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A combination of inflationary pressures appears to be behind a recent selloff in stock prices for restaurant operators.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
New research led by Arizona State University offers clues about what may be behind those differences.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Emirates’s Clark, whose airline’s backlog represents more than half of the 777X’s total orders, said Tuesday that the worst appeared to be behind Boeing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Nexstar Media Group’s The Hill, the political web site that started as a free newspaper read in most congressional offices in Washington, is launching a new direct-to-consumer streaming service that will be behind a paywall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
I guess the proudest thing about being a geek is that we start out tending to be behind, physically, socially, and experientially but we improve.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
