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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
• Take a chance and set your routines on the back burner temporarily.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024
• This is likely to drive up the cost of traveling, meaning that some people may have to put that summer jaunt on the back burner.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 25 June 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
• The apparel and textile industry in India has been on the back burner in recent years.
  — Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 26 July 2024
• 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
• Happy Birthday: Let your creativity take over and put any drama that comes your way on the back burner.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
• With crazy work schedules and afternoon happy hours that sometimes lead to even happier nights (wink, wink), adults tend to put rest on the back burner.
  — Khalea Underwood, refinery29.com, 20 Feb. 2024
• 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
• This phase can feel like a personal new year, so if a few of those resolutions got left on the back burner, consider this a sign from the Sun to move them back onto the heat.
  — Tarot.com, Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2024
• More success like that could keep retirement discussion on the back burner.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Oct 2024