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back to the wall



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"I very much had my back to the wall," he said.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

With his back to the wall, he flings himself about the stage like a performer desperate to wring every second of his dwindling time in the spotlight.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024

Now she had her back to the wall.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2023

“Once I saw him running back to the wall, I was thinking in my head, ‘Oh, please just don’t catch it, just don’t catch it.’”

From Washington Times • Oct. 29, 2022

He straightened and stood with his back to the wall.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander




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