retreated

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Stocks opened a touch higher Thursday, but retreated toward the end of the session after The Wall Street Journal reported the U.S. was resuming an operation to escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Stocks and Treasury bonds were rallying on Wednesday, with bond yields — which move inversely to prices — moving lower as oil prices retreated.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

One hand holding a microphone, the other arm tightly tucked across her chest, she retreated to her zones of rhetorical comfort: grievance, victimhood, outrage.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

The S&P 500 retreated 0.4%, with every sector besides energy falling.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Mammoths had flourished for millions of years over most of the northern hemisphere, but as Homo sapiens spread—first over Eurasia and then over North America—the mammoths retreated.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari