backside
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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
"It is frustrating and when somebody is right up your backside, either flashing or becoming angry because you're doing 20 mph - it's unnerving."
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
They just needed a kick up the backside, and they certainly got one of those from United.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
After being removed from the NL Division Series roster with an abscess on his backside that became infected, former closer Tanner Scott said he feels healthy enough to pitch in the World Series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
He could make out Parker Head heading down to Thayer’s haymeadow and the coast; its snowy backside showed between the bare trunks.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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
It doesn't matter that this is at Old Trafford, because we will still kick their backsides there anyway!
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024
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
She was tired of staring at the backsides of the people crowding around us.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
