Examples of backstretch in a Sentence
The horses are in the backstretch.
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Allmendinger took the lead on the backstretch, then held off Kyle Larson to take stage one for his first stage victory since 2024.
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ABC News, 31 May 2026
Now as the race approached the final backstretch, Serna was ready to pounce.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
On the final lap of the two-lap sprint, we were treated to some incredible three-wiener-wide racing down the backstretch.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
The backstretch held the stables and the people whose hands made sure the horses were ready for the big day—the night watchmen, the hot walkers, the stall cleaners, the grooms, many of them Black.
—Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 31 May 2026
Now as the race approached the final backstretch, Serna was ready to pounce.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
On the final lap of the two-lap sprint, we were treated to some incredible three-wiener-wide racing down the backstretch.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
The backstretch held the stables and the people whose hands made sure the horses were ready for the big day—the night watchmen, the hot walkers, the stall cleaners, the grooms, many of them Black.
—Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Backstretch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backstretch. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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backstretch
noun
back·stretch
-ˌstrech 
-ˈstrech
: the side of a racetrack that is opposite the part between the last turn and the finish line
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