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One sits on the metal platform on the far side of the water tank, peering shyly around the red plastic at the camera.—Literary Hub,
14 July 2026 This is still anybody’s game; let’s see what happens on the far side of halftime.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
2 July 2026 The self-image of a predominantly Anglo civilization on the far side of the world—a distant, lucky country insulated from global conflict—no longer holds.—
Oscar Schwartz,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
“On the far side of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20far%20side%20of. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.