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retreat

[ri-treet] / rɪˈtrit /




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Located just over an hour away from his Malibu Colony retreat, the funky dwelling, which is set on 5.7 acres, has a total of five bedrooms and five bathrooms.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

The army, which also suffered casualties, disputed it had ceded control - but said its soldiers had to "retreat temporarily".

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Another major unanswered question is which parts of the retreat were responsible for the observed effects.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

Kreinbrink turned her experience into a wellness retreat business where people travel to Tuscany with her to harvest olives for olive oil, make wine and craft cheese on the farm, alongside local farmers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

As I move to retreat, she adds, “Don’t you go anywhere, Charlotte. Sit.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The team is particularly interested in studying whether similar retreats could help people living with chronic pain, mood disorders, or conditions involving the immune system.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

But even that was better than sharing “fun facts” or participating in any of the other icebreakers that we associate with company retreats.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

To make health retreats "easily achievable", Alex Hyde and Sam Carter-Smith hosted the OneRetreat Wellness in Birmingham, a one-day festival with exercise classes, sauna sessions and professional talks.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Buddhism-themed tourism is thriving and tens of thousands of locals and foreigners sign up every year for "temple stay" retreats where they eat simple monastic food, do chores and meditate.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

Night after night Werner retreats into Hauptmann’s laboratory.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

She said she felt self-conscious about her appearance post-surgery and retreated further from the public.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

While pressures on global energy supplies remain in place, travel stocks advanced Monday, while the S&P energy sector retreated 2%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

He got things wrong with the way we retreated after scoring and his substitutions did not help.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

On both Monday and Tuesday, SpaceX nearly retreated to its IPO price of $135 a share, which valued the company at more than $1.7 trillion.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

As the man retreated into the club, Raizel joined me.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

If this ice begins retreating quickly, the process can become difficult to stop or reverse.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.634%, an almost eight-week high, before retreating to 4.620%, still up 1.2 basis points on the day.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

You could see Gauff ramp up the aggression in set two but, instead of retreating, Muchova managed to play even more shots inside the baseline in the third set.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

But De Ketelaere poked a toe out to knock the ball back to Vanaken, who skipped a shot from about 30 yards past a retreating Ream and into the vacant goal.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

The Corporal looked beyond Jonathan to the house, then to the line of retreating men, then to the rising sun.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi




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