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Word: rebroken (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...long jump has been the exclusive bag of two men for so long that the event could have been called "The Ralph & Igor Show." Between them since 1960, the U.S.'s Ralph Boston, 28, and Russia's Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, 29, have broken and rebroken the world indoor and outdoor records eleven times, won four Olympic medals and dominated every meet they entered. So imagine the impertinence when a slender, 21-year-old sophomore from the University of Texas at El Paso swiped all the action from his elders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Track & Field: Then There Were Three | 3/29/1968 | See Source »

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