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Examples
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Prof. NORMAN: Dengue fever is called breakback fever.
We Band of Angels:; The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese 1999
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The only non-mechanized "breakback" work I've actually seen someone DO is hold a "Slow: Work Zone" sign.
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You KNOW what she meant was "I doubt anyone over 30 with a LIFE and life experience would put up with our outrageous breakback hours, relatively low pay and no decent benefits".
Digital Domain may scrap its IPO Jeff Massie 2008
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At last, when the pressure was severely felt, there came the usual breakback, which took the form of a most determined night attack upon the British line.
The Great Boer War Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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The outer units also have an automatic breakback feature - when an obstruction is hit the whole mower unit swings back and lifts to avoid damage.
FWi - All News 2010
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A long, literally endless job, thankless breakback labor out in the middle of traffic, under the weather, punctuated by coffee breaks and pauses.
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