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  • noun sports resistance

Etymologies

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fight +‎ back

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • 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.

    Sportal.com.au - Latest News Headlines 2010

  • 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

  • The fifth seed raced to a 3-0 lead and finally edged the first set after a brief fightback from the Frenchman.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • 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.

    Sportal.com.au - Latest News Headlines 2010

  • The fifth seed raced to a 3-0 lead and finally edged the first set after a brief fightback from the Frenchman.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • In what Downing Street dubbed a "fightback" address, the

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

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