backwater
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And for those who remembered America’s days as a soccer backwater, it marked the ultimate endorsement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Not long ago, China was a backwater for drug research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
In 2020, he became sector chief for the El Centro region, a sleepy California stretch considered a backwater because so few immigrants attempt to cross illegally there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Her persona is part space alien, part naïf of some Baltic backwater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
Compared with Oxford it was a backwater and, unlike Oxford, had not benefited from any intimate contact with the Greshamites.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing backwater
Red Kayak
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This Week In Culture: October 19–25, 2019
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
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