backing out
Example Sentences
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Am I a jerk for backing out now?
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
Shares have since bounced back after the company announced in February it was backing out of the bidding war by not matching Paramount’s latest offer.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
Two Harbors Investment TWO 0.71%increase; green up pointing triangle accepted an improved acquisition bid from CrossCountry Mortgage, backing out of its previous merger agreement with UWM Holdings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
The jury instead found that certain of his public claims of problems in Twitter's user metrics, and that he was possibly backing out of the $44bn acquisition deal, were intentionally misleading.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
“I’m not backing out of the soup job if they give it to me,” said my mother.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
