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He seized his hat, and ten minutes later was breasting the steep sand hill into which California Street in those days plunged, and again emerged at its crest, with a few struggling houses.

From From Sand Hill to Pine by Harte, Bret

"Is it Wartrace?" he inquired, when the touring-car was breasting the first of the grades in the gulch-threading climb to the second mesa level.

From The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Lynde, Francis

The next minute she was breasting the breeze far above our heads, the rear edges of the huge planes quivering transparent against the sky, her motor roaring impetuously.

From Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

Meanwhile Captain Petersen, who had told no more than the truth in calling himself a good swimmer, was breasting the waves manfully.

From Harper's Young People, January 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

The dog was close, but had entered the current too far down and was breasting it while he bayed in protest to his master's horn.

From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)