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- noun sports
resistance
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Examples
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The Saints laboured to a 27-21 victory over Exeter on Saturday, which featured a spirited fightback from the Chiefs, who scored two tries in the last quarter of an hour, having trailed 27-9.
Northampton want Stephen Myler and Shane Geraghty to sign new deals Paul Rees 2010
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Stepanek, 32, had Mayer's measure throughout the match, opening up a 5-1 lead in the first set and holding off a mini-fightback from the German, then breaking Mayer once in the second for a comfortable win.
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Melbourne started the game strongly to take a 17-10 lead at quarter-time and despite a second-term fightback from the Mystics, the Vixens outscored their opponents 35-26 in the second half to cruise to a comfortable win.
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The fifth seed raced to a 3-0 lead and finally edged the first set after a brief fightback from the Frenchman.
BBC - Ouch 2010
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The fifth seed raced to a 3-0 lead and finally edged the first set after a brief fightback from the Frenchman.
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Melbourne started the game strongly to take a 17-10 lead at quarter-time and despite a second-term fightback from the Mystics, the Vixens outscored their opponents 35-26 in the second half to cruise to a comfortable win.
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The fifth seed raced to a 3-0 lead and finally edged the first set after a brief fightback from the Frenchman.
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Then, to refashion his tattered reputation after what he called “a trivial error,” the longtime spinmeister launched what the British press calls a fightback, a colorful term that may or may not lead to a comeback .
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Then, to refashion his tattered reputation after what he called “a trivial error,” the longtime spinmeister launched what the British press calls a fightback, a colorful term that may or may not lead to a comeback .
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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In what Downing Street dubbed a "fightback" address, the
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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