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

Metal is not a cult or an ideological system but a scene, and a scene is always a cultural backwater of the mainstream.

From Los Angeles Times

“The carrying capacity of the backwaters has reduced due to sediment deposition and encroachment, and the rainwater enters residential areas during the monsoon season.”

From Seattle Times

Without the move, Mr. Lawson said, London was at risk of becoming a financial “backwater.”

From Washington Post

That’s the ability of hack judges in backwater courthouses to interfere with policy by issuing nationwide injunctions based on specious or at least shallow legal arguments.

From Los Angeles Times