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be on the back of





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I was just fortunate to be on the back of him today.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

“So when you’re waiting for his groundstroke, you are going to be on the back of your feet, so he can use a drop shot much better than some other guys.”

From Washington Post • May 27, 2022

Well, it made all the sense in the world that it would be on the back of a router, and we have a company, Eero, building world-class mesh routers.

From The Verge • Oct. 12, 2021

That authorization would be on the back of a small U.K. study that, even if successful, would fall far short of the normal requirements for the approval of a vaccine.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2020

He did not mean to ride for everyone, there was no occasion for that; all he wanted was to be on the back of his father's horses when they ran in races.

From Settling Day by Gould, Nat




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