backwater

Example Sentences

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Since seizing power as the kingdom’s de facto ruler in 2017, Mohammed has singularly pursued the goal of transforming the kingdom from a cultural and geopolitical backwater into a force on the world stage.

From The Wall Street Journal

A fifth of the population live under the federal poverty line, and the town’s residents face the risk of flooding should the backwater levees along the Yazoo fail.

From New York Times

Its residents live with the risk of flooding should the backwater levees along the Yazoo fail.

From New York Times

Such neglect, said Sandy Lydon, a retired history professor at Cabrillo College, is the legacy of a racist border dispute that relegated this small collection of homes into an unincorporated backwater.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s disappointing to realize how provincial and backwater the sports department of the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times