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The party has told him that any future readmission would be conditional on him publicly retracting posts that had been complained about, apologising and undertaking safeguarding training.

From BBC

The victim noticed the phone and yelled before it was retracted and the individual fled, according to deputies.

Late Friday afternoon, Edward Yen, executive officer for the Board of Supervisors, sent out an email “retracting” the new county policy that required many communications by oversight bodies to undergo prior approval.

If a recording does not exist, I ask Sen. Mullin to retract his line of questions.

Ninety minutes later, he sheepishly retracted the statement.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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