backtrack

There is a mini photo shoot with Floren’s truck in front of the vintage hotel sign, and then we jump in the cars and backtrack up the 33/166 toward Hudson Ranch Road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

But the legal arguments in this letter were so weak that no one pursued them seriously, and the Department of Justice later had to backtrack the arguments in court.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026

The Wall Street Journal later reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that the US giant was preparing to backtrack on its acquisition after the Chinese edict.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

“The President has this tendency to TACO,” he said, referring to Trump’s tendency to announce tough policies only to backtrack on those announcements later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Sara raises her eyebrows at me, so I backtrack.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

The first half of the novel backtracks from the discovery of Pam’s body to the graduation party nine months prior, when each Bishop sister is struggling with serious financial hardship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025

To do so, the complex moves down DNA chains in one direction, but backtracks in certain scenarios.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024

The resulting protests — the largest since a cost of living crisis last July — have sparked a series of backtracks from President Laurentino Cortizo.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

Playing over the game, the result makes perfect sense: White plays way better than Black, with simple, strong developing moves while Carlsen wastes time and backtracks to no obvious purpose.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

She backtracks to her first job at thirteen, cleaning the Francis the First silver service at the governor’s mansion.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Davis has since backtracked and pleaded not guilty.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

On Monday, police announced a murder investigation, sparking intense interest in the case but backtracked hours later, saying forensic testing had proved the contents were not human.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The United Kingdom, for instance, considered doing away with checks entirely in 2009, but ultimately backtracked after pensioners protested to members of Parliament.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

In April, Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa floated the idea of charging vessels to cross the strait, but later backtracked.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

They backtracked and camped in the actual road and when they went on in the morning the macadam had cooled.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Earlier this year, it did indeed look like the administration would block mFlusiva; the FDA initially refused to review Moderna’s application, backtracking only after experts and the company pushed back.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Happily, the backtracking and throat-clearing ends a little less than halfway through, and from then on it’s all baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

You have this breakup, and now she’s sort of backtracking like Elon Musk did.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025

"Ten years after the Paris Agreement and we are still trying to lobby," he told AFP, adding that backtracking by polluters was "very disheartening".

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

Because they didn’t want to be distracted choosing which way to go—or backtracking when they made a wrong choice and hit a dead end.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix