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Cox dropped two catches behind the stumps, Sonny Baker was expensive with the new ball and Banton squandered the platform to make a huge score at the top of the order.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
When did you realize that the film would revolve as much around the people behind the hoax as it would be about proving the hoax?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
On Tuesday, her campaign put out a statement from Philip Stearns, Acton’s brother, corroborating her account of abuse and implying that Ramaswamy was behind the ad.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
The opera fails to explain how these mothers were duped into sending their children behind enemy lines in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
“There are already too many,” I complain, glancing ahead and behind us.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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“They need to get off their behinds and get in the voting booth and vote. It’s the only way we’re going to turn this around now,” he said.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
"It is the first moment that separates our heads from our behinds."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2024
Research published Thursday in the journal Science suggests they feed their hatchlings a milk-like substance too, but from their behinds.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Owen took Green out of the Buick, cuffed his hands behinds his back and then seated him in the front passenger seat of a police cruiser, according to police records.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023
The gnomes weren’t helping either, lumbering along with their big swinging behinds blocking two lanes.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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