in back
idiom
: in an area at the back of something
The clerk brought out the item from the storeroom in back
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Investigators said a stray bullet hit her in back of the head.
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Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Just a month before the event, two students at Northern Bedford were diagnosed with cancer in back-to-back weeks.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
Monk, the runner-up for the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award in 2023-24, did not play in back-to-back losses to the Portland Trail Blazers.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
The Razorbacks haven't had a double-digit win season since Petrino produced records of 10-3 and 11-2 in back-to-back campaigns in 2010-11.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 23 Dec. 2025
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Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Just a month before the event, two students at Northern Bedford were diagnosed with cancer in back-to-back weeks.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
Monk, the runner-up for the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award in 2023-24, did not play in back-to-back losses to the Portland Trail Blazers.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
The Razorbacks haven't had a double-digit win season since Petrino produced records of 10-3 and 11-2 in back-to-back campaigns in 2010-11.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 23 Dec. 2025
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“In back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20back. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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