retreat

Example Sentences

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Squeezed by inflation and higher interest rates, customers began to retreat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

As prices begin to retreat, consumers often stop shopping around as aggressively as when prices were rising sharply and stop looking for the station with the lowest price.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

A massive fire burning inside a Kimberly Clark paper products facility in Ontario collapsed a warehouse roof and forced firefighters to retreat early Tuesday as flames consumed the 1.2-million square foot structure.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Inside a corporate retreat that went very badly wrong.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

As I move to retreat, she adds, “Don’t you go anywhere, Charlotte. Sit.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith