in back of

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One of his favorite specimens to send fellow arborists out to is the towering silk floss in back of Yamaguchi Bonsai Nursery on Sawtelle.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2024

Keeping quiet and wearing a gray dress shirt, Hamilton hugged four people after the hearing in back of the small courtroom in downtown Seattle, until deputies applied handcuffs and escorted him out the hallway doors.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023

“There is water all around you. You can’t just pump it from the water in front of you, to the water in back of you.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023

“We are putting all of this time into understanding them,” Graham says, “but always in back of our minds, it was like, ‘We know what the gestures mean.’”

From Scientific American • Jan. 24, 2023

I looked up to see the man running with my packages under his arm, his hair streaming out in back of him.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff