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jugulars

noun

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plural of jugular

as in backs

a vulnerable point a sadistic training instructor who would seek out a recruit's jugular and then go for it

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Recent Examples of jugulars Once Woll’s bratty vamp was through draining jugulars, the actress found a second signature role as Karen Page on Marvel’s Daredevil (2015–2018). —

Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025

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backs

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Pedro Porro and Djed Spence will give the visitors width as wing-backs, while Randal Kolo Muani will likely keep his place after scoring in the derby.

— Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
The three prisoners were dragged to the wall and made to kneel, their backs to the crowd, their heads fitted into the indentations.

— Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026