on the back of

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Oracle’s shares have surged higher in recent weeks on the back of “strong investor appetite to be long compute names,” Wood wrote.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

"The hairs were standing on the back of my neck," Gareth said.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

While inflation in France, Italy and Spain picked up in May, it declined in the eurozone’s largest economy, Germany, mainly on the back of a fuel-tax cut introduced at the start of the month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

That came on the back of records for all three main indexes on Wall Street that came as chip titan Nvidia rocketed more than six percent after unveiling a powerful laptop chip for Windows machines.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

In both spots—before his step and after—he felt just a gentle breeze, the sunshine warm on the back of his neck, the pine needles soft beneath his feet.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix