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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backs (up)
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But Weiss also put a heavy emphasis on rebuilding trust, a problem that certainly bears out in polls.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2026 -
Our experience bears out research showing that longer sequences of prerequisite courses often serve to weed students out of STEM pathways.—
Tammi Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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The glue slowly hardens, giving surgeons time to position the flap.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
16 Mar. 2026
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But there is a troubling shift that occurs when success hardens into excess and gives way to fear, a paradox that emerges all too often.—
Michael Sonnenfeldt,
Fortune,
12 Mar. 2026
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Season 2 of Beef follows a Gen-Z couple who witnesses an alarming fight between their Millennial boss and his wife.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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While figuring out a way to bring the animals back and halt the dynamiting of the dam on the edge of her pond, Mabel witnesses a beaver being thrown in the back of a van and whisked off to Beaverton University.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Mar. 2026
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The death of Nora Aunor—a Filipina singer and movie star—sets the narrative in motion.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Seasons and the Earth's tilt On the equinox, the sun rises almost due east and sets nearly due west for most of the world, except for the North and South poles.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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When the cast finally congeals at Kyle’s summer solstice party, Rachel is right up in there in the mix.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Backs (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backs%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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