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[bak] / bæk /


ADJECTIVE
from earlier time
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Prices slipped back as a wave of supply trapped inside the Persian Gulf for months started flowing again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

He ended up as a trishaw rider in Thailand in the 1950s, living in a hostel with other Chinese migrants and sending letters filled with longing to his wife and children back home.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

“I think the biggest thing that I am happy about is getting back to my roots, where I started,” says Samuel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

This is a cabined program that simply says: We’re not yet sending you back to a country that’s objectively dangerous.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

His injury is not at the back of his head in the cerebellum or at the bottom of the brain near the brain stem.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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