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Examples

  • Corbell looked back-straight into Skatholtz's eyes, before the Boy prudently dropped from the car.

    A World Out of Time Niven, Larry 1976

  • Fellow Brit Chris Thompson took the silver medal after a gutsy battle down the back-straight but it was all about Farah's gold in Barcelona.

    Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon 2010

  • Dwelling in the blocks in his poorest start of the season, the World and Olympic champion was the more fluent of the world†™ s two best quarter milers, and on the back-straight smoothly made up the gap opened by his opponents.

    IAAF.org - News 2009

  • Bjerre slid backwards into the back-straight fence after becoming the latest rider to be cla

    unknown title 2009

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