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  • noun Plural form of backline.

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Examples

  • Check out these plunging backlines and tell us what you think.

    Bareback Ladies: When Celebs Go Backless (PHOTOS, POLL) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • "The frontline would be attacking the police while the backlines would be in the shop," he said.

    A fire lit in Tottenham that burned Manchester: the rioters' story 2011

  • K.C. had one of the better backlines in 2008, largely based on the play of some veterans in the middle and some kids on the wings.

    2009 MLS preview: Five questions about Kansas City Duane Rollins 2009

  • Check out these plunging backlines and tell us what you think.

    Bareback Ladies: When Celebs Go Backless (PHOTOS, POLL) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • They can move only in straight lines, but they can be useful in battle if you force them to get off their backsides backlines and make a difference.

    Business as a "Chess Game" Jan 2008

  • They can move only in straight lines, but they can be useful in battle if you force them to get off their backsides backlines and make a difference.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Jan 2008

  • "We've played against some big backlines in the past and against some we've had joy and some we've managed to curtail a bit."

    WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011

  • Whenever we've gone into World Cups and been very successful, we've had good backlines and those backlines have been together with their combinations for at least a year out and we didn't have that going into this World Cup.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • The Wallabies discovered against Italy there is a real bonus in having such a devastating runner as Ioane standing at 10, especially at lineout time when the two opposing backlines are separated by 20m.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Is there anything else that you can do to protect against the short-term volatility such as backlines, backup credit facilities anything of that nature or would that be just too high cost at this point.

    unknown title 2011

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