retract

Example Sentences

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Parnell demanded Financial Times retract the report, but did not provide direct evidence that the report was false.

From Salon

A report claiming the number of young people attending church in England and Wales had skyrocketed has been retracted, after the underlying data was found to be flawed.

From BBC

When the government's press team was informed, the offer was retracted.

From BBC

But the bank quickly retracted it and apologized for the idea, with its research analysts later attributing the continuing downturn to “media attention.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Burrows had previously retracted the statement, in which he is also alleged to have said the group suing the publisher were "a small handful of my targets".

From BBC