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1927 Evening State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 28 June 8/1 The weather now appears as the only factor likely to trip up the athletes in their efforts to re-write the record books.

1942 Los Angeles Times 20 Dec. ii. 12/6 All Don has done is to rewrite the record book. He now holds eight records.

1969 Times 9 Sept. (Singapore Suppl.) p. vi/3 It is the phenomenal development of Singapore as an oil refining and distribution centre that is largely rewriting the record book.

1989 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 7 Sept. Five years ago a little-known film opened in Adelaide and then set about running for more than two years and rewriting the record books.

2008 T. Balf Major vii. 108 The next day he rewrote the record books again, bettering his previous marks at every distance he attempted.