retract
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So the department had to withdraw large portions of four different briefs filed in this case, retract multiple statements made at oral arguments, and ask Castel to correct his own opinion repeating this error.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
“When confronted with her lie, she did not retract her statement, she doubled down,” the letter said.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
Sitrick writes that if gentle persuasion doesn’t work to convince Ferguson to retract her statement, then “we need to turn up the heat even to the point of sending her a draft defamation lawsuit.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
Takaichi has declined to retract her comments and was resoundingly rewarded for her show of strength by voters in the weekend’s national election in Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
The wheels retract and the cabin shakes as they struggle upward, through the first layer of clouds.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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