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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All jets have an immediate fail-safe switch that retracts a failed thrust-reverser.
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And the idiots had hooked the man's life support on to a wholly independent generator, the prison fail-safe .
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But there was no fail-safe way to dress for outings in Roman's company.
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Each one must be set up with fail-safe guides for a true and even curve.
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Note that there is a fail-safe principle in the design.
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The fail-safe method of dealing with a software problem was to make another copy of the disk that came with the application.
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When we faint we return to normal breathing and so fainting is a fail-safe mechanism for hyperventilation control.