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• n  a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body

• The two were engaging in a little pre-emptive rearguard action, gearing up for the impending Republican presidential campaign of Massachusetts Governor (Willard) Mitt Romney, 59 .
• Lutherans are generally less engaged, and in the rearguard of the civil rights battle comes the big Southern Baptist Convention, many of whose 10.
• They fought a valiant rearguard action, supported by some individual Vickers shareholders.

News & Articles

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• Rugby-Lions 'spoilt' with choice of scrumhalves - Genia
  (Amends headline, no change to text) By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, June 28 (Reuters) - Will Genia is keenly aware he is fighting a one-man rearguard action against a red tide of British and Irish Lions scrumhalves but has long grown accustomed to being the Wallabies' lone general in the middle. Genia, widely regarded as the best scrumhalf in the world, will take on England's Ben Youngs in the crunch ...
  June 28, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports
• Brian Kelly's defensive coordinator Bob Diaco says Notre Dame preparation key
  Next to Brian Kelly Bob Diaco will be the man most under pressure when Notre Dame begin their new season. The defensive coordinator has been telling how he plans to repair the leaky sieve that was Notre Dame's rearguard last season.
  June 28, 2013 - Irish Central

Quotes

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• Geoff Boycott in guardian.co.uk
  Apart from (Alastair) Cook, I don't think anyone has the stomach to play a rearguard innings,said Boycott. "It was just poor all round. That's what's so disappointing for the fans. It's like they've given up."
• Geoff Miller in AFP
  Reflecting on the series so far, Miller said: "The response of the players has been very pleasing. The rearguard action at Cardiff was superb and to control the game at Lord's was special as well. But we realise there are three games to go still and...
• Bryan Robson in Sportinglife.com
  Robson said: "That was a fantastic defensive rearguard, we got some great blocks and headers in. The way Stoke play, with all their long-throws and balls into the box, it's like watching the Wimbledon of old. It wasn't a pretty game but Stoke can...