rowed
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State Farm has rowed back one element of its AI-driven overhaul of sales, following the internal uproar over the changes to agents’ contracts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Willding rowed back his claim in an email to ProPublica.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
There, prime minister Mark Carney rowed back the extra tariff on some Chinese electric vehicles.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
The directors take a visual essay approach, contrasting Walden Pond and its woods and the rivers Thoreau rowed with sped-up footage of our crazy modern world — which can be a little on the nose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
We agreed that it should be carried into execution, and that Provis should never recognise us if we came below Bridge, and rowed past Mill Pond Bank.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
