retreating

Example Sentences

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Antarctica's Hektoria Glacier underwent an astonishing collapse between early 2022 and spring 2023, retreating at a pace rarely seen in modern observations.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Versant shares rose as much as 16% in premarket trading before retreating to around a 10% gain.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

At 09:16 GMT, seconds after Gedel leaves the area, Watkins emerges from his cell and looks both ways before retreating back into his cell.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Mortgage rates increased this week, reversing a three-week decline, but buyers don’t seem to be retreating.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

His straining faculties manufactured or else picked up a haunted, tongueless fear, by someone retreating from him, someone blown back to the farthest wall of the apartment in an attempt to evade him.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick