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I had seen so many people do the first couple of scenes so I wrote an additional scene, us being trapped in the back of a van in Episode 2.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Using a laser, the team temporarily made proteins invisible in a strip at the back of a living cell to track how they moved.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

For now, corporations are expected to continue making steady investments on the back of solid earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Teves said the UBS team’s base case is gold prices seeing fresh highs later in the year, after a period of consolidation, on the back of building allocations.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

“Just wait till you see what’s for dessert this noon!” she’d tell us at the breakfast table, and all morning in the shop the question would shimmer in the back of our minds.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom