breech
Example Sentences
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This is known as a breech birth and is rare.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025
Without that, the world will breech the threshold of 1.5C that was established in the Paris Agreement in 2015.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2024
Grant said one of the more challenging, if less bloody, scenes involved an effort to rotate a breech baby by applying manual pressure to a pregnant belly.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2023
In a quick response, the U.S. team member told the Ukrainian to remove the gun’s breech at the rear of the howitzer and manually prime the firing pin so the gun could fire.
From Washington Times • Jan. 28, 2023
The guards were carrying him, feet first, like a breech birth.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
