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We can put a more complex regular expression into `pattern:(?=(\w+))\1` instead of `pattern:\w`, when we need to forbid backtracking for `pattern:+` after it.
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There's more about the relation between possessive quantifiers and lookahead in articles [Regex: Emulate Atomic Grouping (and Possessive Quantifiers) with LookAhead](http://instanceof.me/post/52245507631/regex-emulate-atomic-grouping-with-lookahead) and [Mimicking Atomic Groups](http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/mimic-atomic-groups).
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There's more about the relation between possessive quantifiers and lookahead in articles [Regex: Emulate Atomic Grouping (and Possessive Quantifiers) with LookAhead](https://instanceof.me/post/52245507631/regex-emulate-atomic-grouping-with-lookahead) and [Mimicking Atomic Groups](https://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/mimic-atomic-groups).
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Let's rewrite the first example using lookahead to prevent backtracking:
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