retreated
Example Sentences
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Then, things got weirder: Oil prices retreated to pre-conflict levels in June, but Treasury yields fell only a little.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
When these denials at last became untenable, they retreated to other lines of defense, such as libertarianism.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
As they retreated from music into grief, their Uncle Bob stepped in to help them finish what his brother Cecil had started — the Womack Sisters’ first album.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Residents in Nagekeo, the area closest to the epicentre, raced for higher ground as the sea retreated earlier Saturday -- a possible sign of an approaching tsunami, AFP journalists witnessed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Clare retreated so as not to spook her, clutching the fallen tree.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
