retreat
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But Paramount made a dramatic retreat Friday after two weeks of legal setbacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Her employer, Clay, scaled back work for a week so employees could travel to this retreat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Gasoline prices dropped 10.2% between May and June as diplomatic talks and an interim ceasefire in the Middle East led to a retreat in global oil prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
But it is a race against the clock and a turning tide means the small army of people gathering the harvest eventually beats a retreat to the shore.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
My eyes stared straight ahead, even though I could hear them close ranks behind me, cutting off any retreat.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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Yet the retreats have done little to appease Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Buddhism-themed tourism is thriving and tens of thousands of locals and foreigners sign up every year for "temple stay" retreats where they eat simple monastic food, do chores and meditate.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
For now, it's the slowest of retreats from the States, the memory of those early days in New York and New Jersey now dimmed, the hope of the 4-0 win over Bolivia crushed to bits.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
To complete the trap, the spider wraps the cone with a thinner type of silk and quickly retreats upward.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
Its only fixed manifestation is in the Fastnesses, retreats to which people may retire and spend the night or a lifetime.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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He got things wrong with the way we retreated after scoring and his substitutions did not help.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
On both Monday and Tuesday, SpaceX nearly retreated to its IPO price of $135 a share, which valued the company at more than $1.7 trillion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
After his shock loss in Paris, Sinner retreated from competitive action and did not play a tournament leading up to Wimbledon.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Prices retreated somewhat throughout June after the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on terms to end the war.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
After they had retreated back down the stairs, Octavian wheeled on Reyna.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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If this ice begins retreating quickly, the process can become difficult to stop or reverse.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
The 10-year Treasury yield matched Wednesday’s two-month high of 4.665% before retreating to 4.659%; and the 30-year yield is just off Wednesday’s two-month high of 5.154%, last trading at 5.150%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
You could see Gauff ramp up the aggression in set two but, instead of retreating, Muchova managed to play even more shots inside the baseline in the third set.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
But De Ketelaere poked a toe out to knock the ball back to Vanaken, who skipped a shot from about 30 yards past a retreating Ream and into the vacant goal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
She could hear Ivan’s rapid footsteps retreating down the river.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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