shrink from
Example Sentences
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Second, the court did not shrink from this debate just because it may be that later courts will find that the warrant for Chatrie’s data was, in the end, legal.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
It projected that national real GDP growth would shrink from around 2.3% this year to 1.8% next year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Mr. Bennett doesn’t shrink from the politics that lie behind soccer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
They discovered that, unlike the polar filaments formed by similar systems in other bacteria, the filaments in Anabaena are bipolar, meaning they can grow and shrink from both ends.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026
Huygens did not shrink from this conclusion; he embraced it gladly: Across the sea of space the stars are other suns.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
