backdrop
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The Gwangju uprising forms the haunting backdrop to Nobel laureate Han Kang's novel Human Acts.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Muslims have begun the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia against the backdrop of a region deeply shaken by the Iran war.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
She also noted that retailers’ results have come against the backdrop of a 30% increase in grocery prices since before the pandemic.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
“Minotaur” takes the same basic plot—a man discovers his wife is cheating—and sets it against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Everyone agreed that it would be a fitting, middle-of-America backdrop for what we hoped would be a different kind of campaign—one led from the ground up, largely by people new to the political process.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Theater - Introductory
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