While we've been waiting for BlackBerry 10, Apple and Google have pulled even farther away from the pack and established two entrenched ecosystems that are now harder than ever to pull people away from.

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Sure, you could stomp on the pedal and pull away from the pack for a moment.

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So, by coming together with smaller and smaller groups of likeminded people, we are pulling away from the pack.

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It will be interesting to see whose platform breaks away from the pack.

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Like cyclists huddled in the peloton, London's start-ups hope they can break away from the pack to sprint for victory.

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When it comes to proximity, Square is by no means an anomaly -- if anything, the company's strayed a bit away from the pack.

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It's time to break away from the pack.

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If United draw or win at Stamford Bridge, then I can see them pulling away from the chasing pack.

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Dos Santos, who became the first Brazilian to win in New York, mirrored Prokopcuka in his style of victory, breaking away at 19 miles from a pack that included four major marathon champions.

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