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Example sentences for: backwater

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Egypt became a backwater, even more so as the Ottoman Empire went into chronic terminal decline in the 18th century, with a series of crises that local mamelukes were unable to control.
Aswan became a backwater following the decline of the Egyptian Empire, far removed from power bases at Alexandria and Cairo.
During his reign Palestine flourished, but his successors proved less able, and over the next four centuries the country continuously declined to become a virtual backwater.
The horrors of the London blitz belonged to another planet: things that were read about in newspapers but which were barely comprehended by the majority in this tranquil little backwater.
Ibiza became a mere backwater, largely forgotten but for shipwreck or plague.