retreated

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Retreated before the wrath of Robert A. Taft.

From Time Magazine Archive

Retreated back to the water left by the party in the range fourteen miles South-West.

From Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, by Forrest, John

"Retreated" was the word that Pope at once seized upon, and he sent forth happy bulletins.

From The Sword of Antietam A Story of the Nation's Crisis by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

Retreated to her own room, to nurse her wrath and envy, and to dream hopelessly, forever more, of that other self, never to come nearer than now!

From Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes by Thayer, Ella Cheever

Man himself, aghast, Retreated east and west and north and south Before the menace of that twisted mouth, Till Jove, in answer to their prayers, sent Night To veil the dreadful visage from their sight!

From Black Beetles in Amber by Bierce, Ambrose