toward the rear
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“Overflow,” an usher posted outside the church doors said as we approached, jerking his thumb toward the rear parking lot where the grammar school was located.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024
The original design of the 737-9 Max had two additional emergency exits toward the rear of the plane, in addition to the exits over the wings, at the rear, and near the cockpit.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024
A full drum kit toward the rear of the stage overwhelmed the room with its boomy kick, its volume urging everything else around it upward into rock show territory.
From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2023
He’s entrenched toward the rear in fund-raising totals.
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2019
Gus passed him and started toward the rear tables.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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