backbreaker

• “The backbreaker was a seven-point swing in the span of about 20 seconds when an intentional foul on Singler led to a flurry of points.”

  News & Record Article Feed

• “I definitely think it was a backbreaker," Coach Bruce Boudreau said of Gagne's goal.”

  The Washington Post: Capitals lose 3-0 to Lightning, miss out on chance to move up in Southeast

• “What makes it all so relevant now is that the amount of available credit -- the backbone or backbreaker of economic expansion -- is still a gory story, although some economic trackers, obvious long-time residents of Disneyland, are saying the just opposite, that the credit squeeze is practically history.”

  The Huffington Post: Drowning In Debts And Deficits

• “Then came the backbreaker: the punt return by Thomas that electrified the Arizona Stadium crowd of 58,704.”

  USATODAY.com

• “Too many 5-on-3s was the backbreaker tonight, '' Sanford said.”

  USATODAY.com

• “While I waited for Major to emerge with some twenty-pound backbreaker, I leaned against one of the shelves.”

  Simon & Schuster: FRONT PAGE FACE-OFF

• “After just forty-eight seconds of action, Sammartino used his Italian backbreaker to force Rogers into submission, thus ending the first-ever WWE Championship reign.”

  Simon & Schuster: WWE Championship

• “Just one example: Obama's criticism of McCain's plan to tax health benefits could have (and should have) been a backbreaker; instead, it was barely coherent.”

  Obama To McCain: "You Like To Pretend Like The War Began In 2007"

• “The first pickoff ultimately proved to be a backbreaker.”

  Grossman woes doom Bears

• “The revamped Colts unit allowed 11 first downs and pretty much shut down the Bears Offense, and Kelvin Hayden's interception runback for a score was a true backbreaker.”

  Super Bowl XLI report cards

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