retreat
Example Sentences
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Even with the sharp retreat from its record $5318.40 on Jan. 29, nearby March futures are still up 5.66% so far this year.
From Barron's
Ferguson's whereabouts are currently unknown, with media reports variously placing her in the United Arab Emirates, Portugal, Switzerland, and at a wellness retreat in Ireland.
From BBC
Trading in currency markets, including a modest retreat for the dollar, suggest Wall Street is willing to nibble around the edges of a post-war trade.
From Barron's
The one idea that kept bubbling up, he said, was a corporate retreat.
From Los Angeles Times
Talk about using military force to reopen the Strait of Hormuz sparked an afternoon bounce in stocks and a retreat from multiyear high oil prices Thursday.
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