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[bak-ing] / ˈbæk ɪŋ /


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For his ninth LP, he decided to write songs inspired by his youth and used two different backing bands to create variation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

A mechanic, former union leader, and Navy veteran, Osborn is running as an independent with the backing of the state’s Democratic Party.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

This month, he posted a new video backing the billionaire tax, noting that the Proposition 40 campaign saw his earlier post and then paid him to make content.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

He, too, was powerless to prevent Barcelona backing out of a £26m deal to sign England forward Marcus Rashford.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

May said, backing away from her grandmother, Jack, the blond woman—everyone.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Many of Clarke's poems were originally released with musical backings masterminded by producer Martin Hannett, who was known for his work with Joy Division.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025

At that point, bank targets may be persuaded to do deals not because they need the liquidity, but to show they have the backings of large institutional investors.

From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2023

Ms. Kokoszka described the members as having “unselfishly donated their time, talents, fabrics, battings, backings, bindings and labels for the making of the quilts each of our honored guests will receive tonight.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2020

Schematic facial features, like a distinctive square chin, and the numerous dashes of brown tape with which they’re affixed to white backings, give them the friendly mix-and-match appeal of trading cards.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2020

We make complicated floral patterns with a compass, we glue odd substances to cardboard backings: feathers, sequins, pieces of macaroni garishly dyed, lengths of drinking straw.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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