retreats

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This is why it is important to raise awareness among coastal populations about detecting warning signs: felt earthquakes, abnormal sea movements, most often seawater retreats preceding the run-up of the tsunami, but not always.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Unseasonably warm weather patterns at the start of the year signaled to the serpents that they could leave their winter retreats in search of food and mates.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

But the tiniest silver lining of the path he’s taken means I have one more thing to help navigate accepting my voice: an example of what happens when someone retreats into fear and shame.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

As the frozen cover retreats, new shipping routes and access to mineral resources may open up.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Not counting Holy Week, Sundays, holy days of obligation, first Fridays, retreats, sacrifices, and cyclical impediments, her effective year was reduced to forty-two days that were spread out through a web of purple crosses.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez