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1 Klopp's team restarted brightly, stretching Hull repeatedly and forcing a desperate rearguard action.
2 The FORCE fleet abandoning Hyperion system in a desperate rearguard action, but too late, too late.
3 West Ham's previous solidity had evaporated and they were engaged in an increasingly desperate rearguard action.
4 The Shawnees of the Ohio Country had fought a desperate rearguard action starting in the 1750s.
5 John Terry had come on in extra-time to add another defender to an already desperate rearguard action.
6 In May the Army had to stage a desperate rearguard action when NBC ran a news report that questioned their choice.
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