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But Downing Street later appeared to backtrack on this suggestion, with sources telling the BBC no decision had been made.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

But then he appeared to backtrack after his critique made headlines and ricocheted around social media.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

There is a mini photo shoot with Floren’s truck in front of the vintage hotel sign, and then we jump in the cars and backtrack up the 33/166 toward Hudson Ranch Road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

“I’ve decided to leave by another route. Somebody might backtrack me and find you. And that would be too bad.”

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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

From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024

The resulting protests — the largest since a cost of living crisis last July — have sparked a series of backtracks from President Laurentino Cortizo.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

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

She backtracks to her first job at thirteen, cleaning the Francis the First silver service at the governor’s mansion.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

In his latest interview with Axios Sunday, Bessent backtracked and conceded, “I can’t control the bond market.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

“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

In April, Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa floated the idea of charging vessels to cross the strait, but later backtracked.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 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 backtracked, and took the long way to the courts.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

The CJP accused the government of backtracking after authorities had assured them that no punitive action would be taken against protesters.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 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

But backtracking and regrets have no place here.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

But Target had also been steadily backtracking for a while.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 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