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breast-stroke



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"There was a fair bit of swell which made getting your breathing rhythm a bit difficult, although easier for breast-stroke swimmers like me because I could see the waves coming," she said.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

Peaty has a similar problem to Monye - and will have to get his body used to a little less breast-stroke, a little more ballroom.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2021

I kept following the current, swimming breast-stroke, trying to keep my head above water.

From National Geographic Dec. 16, 2017

Weights pulled at the arms as they swept back the water in the breast-stroke.

From The Fighting Edge by William MacLeod Raine

He swims with smooth breast-stroke, his feet and hands below the water, but his wings raised above.

From The Trimming of Goosie by James Hopper




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