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Since summer is almost here, you might face some annoyance or pushback from your friends for waiting this long to back out.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Then I threw my back out lifting a 50-pound bag of Quikrete, I nearly fell off the ladder pruning trees, plumbing began to look unappealing and everything took longer than anticipated.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

He ran back out of the tunnel and re-emerged to a roar from the Metropolitano.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

In fact, at our set, two songs in, I called over our assistant tour manager and I said, “Can you put some fans blowing back out into the audience?”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

Then pulls back out and onto the street and parks by the curb.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko




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