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• But the plight of the Sox was on the back burner Monday night at Sox Park.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2023
• But the plight of the Sox was on the back burner Monday night at Sox Park.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2023
• But that outside-the-car project’s on the back burner, for now.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 June 2019
• Put fantasies on the table and put the kid-talk on the back burner for the night.
  — Laura Berman, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
• For five weeks, Rongstad placed her life on the back burner.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2022
• No more putting your own needs on the back burner, Pisces.
  — Dossé-Via, refinery29.com, 5 June 2023
• At this point, the outcome of the 2023 season should be on the back burner.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
• But he’s had to put that on the back burner since cranking up the food truck.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al, 1 Dec. 2021
• Amid the fallout, Netflix put the Smith movie Fast and Loose on the back burner.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2022
• That would mean that the goals she’s set for herself would end up on the back burner.
  — Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023
• The party may put Biden's spending bill on the back burner and yank voting rights to the front of the line.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 15 Dec. 2021
• Stay on the apps but put them on the back burner — only 15 minutes of swiping at a time.
  — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
• The pilot talks put flight attendant talks on the back burner.
  — Ted Reed, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Spend more time with family and friends, and maybe tinker on a few projects which have sat on the back burner for way too long.
  — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2023
• For some artists, that may mean putting music on the back burner entirely.
  — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2022
• But like many working parents, the couple put their redesign on the back burner.
  — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
• Tattooing just simmered on the back burner for me for almost 20 years.
  — Josh Chesler, SPIN, 11 Aug. 2022
• Today, that push has been abandoned by Republicans and put on the back burner by Democrats.
  — Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 29 July 2022
• But the global contagion put that decision on the back burner.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Aug. 2023
• Obviously anything having to do with Rocky’s was placed on the back burner.
  — Shauna Stuart | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2023
• Try not to beat yourself up for putting a few relationships on the back burner or going to bed an hour earlier.
  — Kells McPhillips, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2022
• Of course, there’s also a new baby to tend to and work piling up, which can put relationship maintenance on the back burner.
  — Elaine Welteroth, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2023
• Considered a non-essential business by Navajo Nation, the duo put plans on the back burner once again.
  — Sunset Magazine, 23 May 2022
• More success like that could keep retirement discussion on the back burner.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
• David Fincher puts his trademark psychological thriller on the back burner, and this time gives the dramedy biopic a go with Mank.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2022
• Partly due to changes at the record label, Campbell and his music got put on the back burner after his third album, released in 1996, didn't perform well.
  — Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022
• Critics have argued this step is putting preparedness and strength on the back burner in favor of social justice efforts.
  — Madeline Coggins, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2022
• That bill, which contains much of what Biden hopes will form an enduring domestic legacy, is now on the back burner as Democrats await guidance from Biden on how to proceed.
  — Josh Boak, chicagotribune.com, 19 Jan. 2022
• After some years sweating on the back burner of show business, Ms. Brier, 28, has found instant success on the social media platform of the moment, TikTok.
  — Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
• But, if the alternative is a $200 barrel of oil and costs well above $7 at the gas pump voters might be willing to let environmental targets go on the back burner.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024