retreat
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“Fifty Shades of Grey” actress Dakota Johnson’s “extraordinary” midcentury modern Los Angeles retreat is already under offer—mere days after the on-screen star put the property on the market for $6 million.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
The solicitation marks a retreat in quantity but an upgrade in quality.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
But leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister said on the eve of the visit that North Korea's nuclear weapons programme was "the line of no retreat".
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
One of America’s most acute social and economic problems is a retreat from work, especially among prime-age men.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
I regret that I never saw a bear or wolf or followed the padding retreat of a giant hellbender salamander, never shooed away a bobcat or sidestepped a rattlesnake, never flushed a startled boar.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing retreat
Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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"Of Mice and Men"
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"Marriage is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe
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