backs up

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The ActivTrak analysis backs up the findings of an eight-month study Ranganathan is leading on how generative AIs is shaping work habits at a tech company with about 200 employees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Without blending or upgrading, this oil backs up in the field.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

What’s more, Levine and Prinsloo’s new neighborhood boasts a very impressive number of celebrity residents, not least Oprah, whose enormous Promised Land estate backs up to the couple’s new dwelling.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

"When these pipes get blocked, we can't simply switch off the sewage. It backs up and must come out somewhere, whether that's roads, rivers or even people's homes. The consequences can be devastating."

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

Ashley backs up until she’s under the “Great Books for Spring” poster.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti