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Thomson said that the source of the crack was "vibration through the hull caused when the ship went astern."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Observing the usual ceremony, the cars were rolled to the grid in line astern by white-overalled mechanics.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2020

Halfway between New Zealand and Cape Horn, he was on the deck when a huge wave came from astern and broke over the boat.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2019

We would visit it again on the way south, but in between, once the archipelago had slipped over the horizon astern of us, we would see no land.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2018

When Krete was out of sight astern, no land anywhere to be seen, but sky and ocean, Kronion put a dark cloud in the zenith over the ship, and gloom spread on the sea.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer