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- noun Plural form of
rearguard .
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Examples
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But we think that's just masking the fact that the guys at the top of the spectrum for rearguards just aren't that special.
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But we think that's just masking the fact that the guys at the top of the spectrum for rearguards just aren't that special.
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If he is not to be remembered as someone who has hit more international sixes than any England player except Andrew Flintoff, and who more than once has gone to a century in that manner and missed out on a couple in the attempt, then it his rearguards that will forever enshrine him in the public affection.
Battling and brave: Paul Collingwood retires from Test cricket 2011
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In fact, Red Line Report projects as many as 15 rearguards will be selected in the first round, with a strong likelihood that at least four will be taken among the top 10 picks.
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"The collective violence in both rearguards by brutal perpetrators against undeserving victims justifies the use of the word 'holocaust'," he writes.
Trial of judge Baltasar Garzón splits a Spain still suffering civil war wounds 2012
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In our advance northward, we began to be increasingly hindered by both the worsening roads and intensifying resistance from Soviet rearguards.
Deathride John Mosier 2010
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With a bunch of lightly talented 5-11 smurfs on the blue line, it's hard to imagine they could pass on the premium huge rearguards still available.
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In our advance northward, we began to be increasingly hindered by both the worsening roads and intensifying resistance from Soviet rearguards.
Deathride John Mosier 2010
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In fact, Red Line Report projects that perhaps as many as 15 rearguards will be selected in the first round, with a strong likelihood that at least five will be taken among the top 10 picks.
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Beyond Johnson, a number of solid rearguards will eventually emerge from this crop.
USATODAY.com - Johnson emerges as best case for defense 2006
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