move backward
Example Sentences
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Because when he’s gotten chances, like the one in front of him with the Lakers, he doesn’t move backward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2024
The officers began ordering all of us, student reporters and protesters alike, to move backward away from the students who formed the human chain, threatening to arrest us if we did not.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2024
If the council cannot accelerate its reviews and clarify council deliberation procedures, we will move backward in meeting Clean Energy Transition Act requirements, discourage investment and good jobs, and increase ratepayer costs.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
By complementing past approaches that were indirect or limited, the new method reveals that many such events move backward further than once thought, and in doing so, last longer.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024
Iorek had to move backward, a step at a time, and to crouch low under the rain of blows from the jeering bear-king.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
