as in in back of
at, to, or toward the rear of
the equipment shed is a concrete structure back of the school
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Recent Examples of back of
The salary cap should see steady increases on the back of the league’s 11-year, $77 billion media agreements with NBC, ESPN/ABC and Amazon that tipped off with the 2025-26 season and boosted the annual TV payout to teams by roughly 33%.
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Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
23 June 2026
Things have been quieter since then — other than random rumors cropping up about Valtteri Bottas’ seat and the bizarre story of the Finn’s hire car being stolen in Miami — as the team has settled into life in F1, at the back of the grid.
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Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
But once the first goal found the back of the net, Algeria was on its way to a win.
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Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
23 June 2026
These have become my go-to spring/summer wedding shoes, casual drinks with the girls shoes, hop on the back of a Grab bike in Thailand shoes.
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Amanda Le,
InStyle,
23 June 2026
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Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
23 June 2026
Things have been quieter since then — other than random rumors cropping up about Valtteri Bottas’ seat and the bizarre story of the Finn’s hire car being stolen in Miami — as the team has settled into life in F1, at the back of the grid.
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Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
But once the first goal found the back of the net, Algeria was on its way to a win.
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Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
23 June 2026
These have become my go-to spring/summer wedding shoes, casual drinks with the girls shoes, hop on the back of a Grab bike in Thailand shoes.
—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
23 June 2026
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For 11 years, Joe Carr has spent part of his summer behind a lemonade stand outside his family's home.
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McKay and her visions are the inspiration behind Sarris’ latest work.
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“Back of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/back%20of. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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