backbone
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After being asked to bat first the Steelbacks survived a monumental collapse, losing their final eight wickets for 31 to post 169, opener Ricardo Vasconcelos providing the backbone with 88.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Taliban authorities have vowed to boost economic self-sufficiency and move off a reliance on foreign aid, which once formed the backbone of the previous US-backed government's finances.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Once blended smooth, it becomes a blank canvas with a little backbone.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Family caregivers are the backbone of our long-term-care system,” Westrick said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
They call it “the backbone of night,” as if the sky were some great beast inside which we live.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Tanyka belongs to a broad group of vertebrates known as tetrapods, which includes all four-limbed animals with backbones such as reptiles, birds, mammals, and amphibians.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026
For decades, palaeontologists believed that the largest ocean predators were vertebrates with backbones such as fish and reptiles while invertebrates like octopuses and squid played supporting roles.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
“If you look at the collection of companies that ultimately formed Lumen, the underlying technologies and backbones were never integrated,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
Animals without a backbones evolved first, around 700 million years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Some lucky chance in our worlds long ago must have meant that creatures with backbones had it a bit easier, so all kinds of other shapes developed, all based on the central spine.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
