backer

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“You have large-scale gatherings of people for harvest days and feast days,” says Samuel Backer, assistant professor of history at the University of Maine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

The group has run television and digital ads and has spent between $250,000 and $500,000 since its launch in May, according to Dan Backer, a lawyer working for the PAC.

From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2022

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, is facing a difficult juggling act, said Benji Backer, founder and president of the American Conservation Coalition.

From Washington Times • Jun. 10, 2022

Ben Wilmes followed with a single to put runners on the corners and Petersen scored and Wilmes moved up a base on a wild pitch by Purdue starter CJ Backer.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2022

Werner exhales; Backer has chosen a boy far to Werner’s right, one of the few boys with black hair.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr