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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The Italian was also partly at fault for the second, pushing a cross onto Djed Spence, with the ball rebounding into the back of the net.
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Elias Burke, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The Dell landed at the back of an already lackluster pack.
—PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2025
The old adage is that moms have eyes in the back of their heads, but a new study shows that women in general may also have more sensitive hearing.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
The footage didn't show Galactus in full but did feature the back of his head looking down at the Statue of Liberty, as the Fantastic Four scrambles to deal with this cosmic threat and calm the worried public.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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Elias Burke, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The Dell landed at the back of an already lackluster pack.
—PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2025
The old adage is that moms have eyes in the back of their heads, but a new study shows that women in general may also have more sensitive hearing.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
The footage didn't show Galactus in full but did feature the back of his head looking down at the Statue of Liberty, as the Fantastic Four scrambles to deal with this cosmic threat and calm the worried public.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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Former President Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden were seated a few rows behind their successors.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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With his fighting career officially behind him, Smith will have the opportunity to continue making his mark in the MMA world without absorbing the punishment that defined so much of his time inside the Octagon–most recently on Saturday night.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Back of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/back%20of. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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