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Examples
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Despite a scare when he almost crashed into the barriers on a tight S-bend, the 29-year-old Cancellara remained focused and continued to increase his lead over the final half of the 22. 9km circuit.
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Surprisingly, the S-bend corset (termed such, for it thrust the bosom forward and the derrière backward, causing the posture to bend) was invented by a female doctor as a health corset that fit beneath the bust and allowed for freer movement.
Introduction: Edwardian Women’s Fashions | Edwardian Promenade 2008
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The late Victorian corset fitted over the bosom and hips with curved busks that compressed the stomach and supported the spine, while the S-bend corset of the early Edwardian era, called thus due to the peculiar arch of the back this corset produced, caused women to thrust their bosom forward and their hips backwards to give them the hourglass shape then popular.
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The Koran may have been placed inside a toilet which was subsequently flushed, or it may have been separated into its component pages which were further torn into small parts and flushed a small quantity at a time, thus requiring probably a full day of constant flushing to get the whole 6666 verses down the S-bend without causing a blockage.
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Balestre called for a reduction in engine power and demanded that the Verrerie S-bend be removed from the forthcoming French Grand Prix by cutting the circuit in two.
Chequered Conflict Maurice Hamilton 2008
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Just as I turned back around, Adam launched into what could only be an S-bend, which was absolutely impossible to land with the boat going this slowly.
The Boys Next Door Jennifer Echols 2007
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Ideally this would involve landing the S-bend, unlike some adrenalin junkies I knew.
The Boys Next Door Jennifer Echols 2007
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Ideally this would involve landing the S-bend, unlike some adrenalin junkies I knew.
The Boys Next Door Jennifer Echols 2007
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Just as I turned back around, Adam launched into what could only be an S-bend, which was absolutely impossible to land with the boat going this slowly.
The Boys Next Door Jennifer Echols 2007
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Ideally this would involve landing the S-bend, unlike some adrenalin junkies I knew.
The Boys Next Door Jennifer Echols 2007
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