backed off
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"At the time I backed off because who am I to stop a victim of a crime like that from being supported by the officer?"
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The next month, however, they dropped the charges against both men, and the DHS backed off its narrative in a rare admission of possible wrongdoing of its officers.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Though he eventually backed off, Alary was still out $12,000 Canadian of his own money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
Elon Musk became visibly irritated on the witness stand Wednesday as an attorney for OpenAI questioned whether the billionaire backed off his financial commitment to the startup in its early years.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
So they stood there with the folks backed off with hand-kerchiefs to their faces, until in a minute the girl came up with that newspaper package.
From "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner
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