backup
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Officers called Customs and Border Protection agents for backup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He just did some backup vocals for me, which was so cool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Its two-mile runway is so long it was once an emergency backup for the US space shuttle programme.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The falconer called for backup, and in July 2025 the flying cowboy arrived to restore order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
In the control room for reactors 3 and 4, operators couldn’t check the backup systems until the quake had passed.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
“We have supported the remaining customers in re-establishing their operations in alternate regions, using backups where available or implementing alternative solutions to mitigate the impact of inaccessible data,” Amazon said in its Tuesday update.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Most of those coverage busts came from USC’s backups at the position, but it does beg questions about the depth in the Trojans’ defensive backfield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Several lawmakers have voiced concern about reports of a lack of food and personal supplies aboard the carrier, as well as plumbing backups, as the carrier’s deployment stretches past 250 days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
We are also updating his estate-planning documents, and he plans to name my niece as his primary financial and healthcare agent, with her mother and me as backups.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I’m sorry, ma’am, but that flight has been cancelled. We’ve had loads of cancellations today—a late-winter snowstorm in the Northeast has caused backups all over.”
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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