retreated

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Shares traded as high as $386.34 during the session, but retreated slightly from those highs to close up 67% at $311.07.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, U.S. forces retreated inside fenced-off hubs, a process that has segregated them from local communities in the decades since.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Stocks and Treasury bonds were rallying on Wednesday, with bond yields — which move inversely to prices — moving lower as oil prices retreated.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

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

The next day, they retreated to a large, old floe that seemed solid, and there they pitched camp, but they soon discovered it was not as secure as they had hoped.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong