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But the legal arguments in this letter were so weak that no one pursued them seriously, and the Department of Justice later had to backtrack the arguments in court.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026

The new ambassador appeared to later backtrack, saying the US government respected the independence and findings of South Africa's judiciary.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

“The President has this tendency to TACO,” he said, referring to Trump’s tendency to announce tough policies only to backtrack on those announcements later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

In September, mere hours after Charlie Kirk was killed, Patel prematurely announced a suspect had been apprehended — only to have to backtrack when authorities had taken the wrong man into custody.

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026

The site they picked was simply the highest ground they came to and it gave views north along the road and overlooked their backtrack.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Things have changed in the half-century since “Forever…” was published, even subtracting the years the series backtracks.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025

To do so, the complex moves down DNA chains in one direction, but backtracks in certain scenarios.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024

Playing over the game, the result makes perfect sense: White plays way better than Black, with simple, strong developing moves while Carlsen wastes time and backtracks to no obvious purpose.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

A sharp cooling of inflation hints at an easier road for Bullock, after Lowe's controversy-filled legacy of painful backtracks and abrupt shifts that cost him a second term.

From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2023

Garden paths can turn the experience of reading from an effortless glide through a sentence to a tedious two-step of little backtracks.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The United Kingdom, for instance, considered doing away with checks entirely in 2009, but ultimately backtracked after pensioners protested to members of Parliament.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

But Carney backtracked two days later, saying the ceremony had been called off "at the request of the United States."

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

The president backtracked on his threat to strike Iran’s power plants after a series of closed-door discussions led by Middle Eastern intermediaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

"I immediately backtracked and went to the next one to be greeted by the same situation."

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

But my mom backtracked to see what had snagged my attention.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

Happily, the backtracking and throat-clearing ends a little less than halfway through, and from then on it’s all baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Itauma - the prodigy who was sparring seasoned professionals while still at school - was in wonderful form from the first bell, using his speed and variation to send Franklin backtracking.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

You have this breakup, and now she’s sort of backtracking like Elon Musk did.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025

"Ten years after the Paris Agreement and we are still trying to lobby," he told AFP, adding that backtracking by polluters was "very disheartening".

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

Faro started retracing my morning’s route, tail wagging, backtracking easily.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien