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Recent polls have found that more than 70% of the public oppose data centers near them, forcing governors and candidates who had previously embraced AI to backtrack on the issue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The Wall Street Journal had previously reported that Meta was preparing to backtrack on the deal, a complicated U-turn given that investors had already received returns.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

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

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

Sara raises her eyebrows at me, so I backtrack.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

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

As he sees the look of horror that this suggestion prompts, he quickly backtracks.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

“A lot of us, our hope is that eventually, history will straighten this all out and say, no, Gloria came in a little later, and her very loyal supporters have backtracked that history.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Davis has since backtracked, insisting the claims were bluster and were created by a ghostwriter to sell books.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

Bank of America proposed a bearish trading strategy that singled out private-credit fund managers in recent weeks, then backtracked and renounced the idea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

I crane my neck to see if, by any chance, she might have backtracked to find us.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

"For them, backtracking would mean losing their pioneering advantage."

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

Just hours before this latest backtracking, the Health Secretary Wes Streeting – who'd quite fancy being prime minister himself one day – said it was important the government "gets it right first time".

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026

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

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025

Because they didn’t want to be distracted choosing which way to go—or backtracking when they made a wrong choice and hit a dead end.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix