backside
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Among the newly popular offerings: a slouchier, lower-rise version of its flagship jean sold as 501 ’90s, and its wedgie bootcut fit, which was designed to flatter the backside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
"Zidane did put me on the backside a couple of times because he's brilliant. But he's not going to evaporate, is he?"
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
And have the most important play happen while some latecomer blocks your view with his backside while trying to find his seat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
A backside spin, shorted to 'back' in the trick name, are set from the toe edge of the board and see the rider's chest facing downhill initially.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
But after months of fighting, an American bomb dropped near him, and threw a chunk of metal into his pants, hitting him right in the backside.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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"It allows officers to sit on their backsides all day and do nothing," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Perhaps part of the reason for the silence is that people aren’t getting the information out of Iran that they need to get them off their backsides and into the streets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
“We are working our backsides off, we feel unfulfilled, and we think, ‘For what?’”
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
To its embarrassment, the Katy ISD Board of Trustees realized that its “nudity” bans had extended to several elementary school library books depicting cartoon backsides.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2023
How would we get money, sitting on our backsides in a shed?
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
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