breech
Example Sentences
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A mother has been reunited with the medics dispatched to her home when she started to deliver her breech baby.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2023
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
The South East Coast Ambulance Service Trust said it welcomes "any changes to national breech birth guidance".
From BBC • Mar. 14, 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 biggest of them, six-foot-six-inch Claudio Garcia, approached the counter, opened the breech on his scope-fitted .30-06, and showed it to Nick.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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