retreated
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One hand holding a microphone, the other arm tightly tucked across her chest, she retreated to her zones of rhetorical comfort: grievance, victimhood, outrage.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
With the Iran cease-fire still seemingly intact, oil prices retreated today, giving the market some room to run.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Treasury yields retreated on Tuesday, with the 30-year rate falling 4.3 basis points to 4.982% as of 3 p.m.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
Like many lonely kids, she retreated into her imagination, where Stephenie Meyer's vampire novels became her lifeline.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
As the Russians retreated in Poland, abandoning town after town to the Germans, terrified refugees were fleeing in all directions.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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