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The moment gone the pair continued line astern, separated by less than a second as Hamilton cooled his tyres, while behind them Leclerc, Verstappen and Vettel vied with one behind in third.

From The Guardian

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

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

Then Captain Villing headed for the mainland, with Fire Island astern.

From New York Times

Two years later, the bank approved $148 million in loans to create 24 hubs in eastern and southern African countries including Zambia, Mozambique and Rwanda.

From Nature