retreat
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Technology stocks tumbled on Tuesday, extending a swoon that began in early June, as investors anxiously await the historic SpaceX IPO later this week and retreat from hot parts of the artificial-intelligence playbook.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
“Behind gates on a rare flat lot in Mount Olympus, this private retreat captures unobstructed panoramic views that stretch from downtown Los Angeles to the ocean,” the listing crowed.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
China could afford to retreat because it had built a large cushion before the war—though exactly how large is up for interpretation.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
This was not the player who had once seemed to retreat into silence when the weight of Argentina became too heavy.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
There was little the exhausted Germans could do but order a retreat, and by August 1918 they had been driven back to the Aisne River.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing retreat
Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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