drive back
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MUNICH—When the full-scale Russian invasion began, Western defense manufacturers rushed their modern weaponry into Ukraine, helping Kyiv drive back a much more powerful foe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
Ahead of our return to the city, we drive back up the ridge, back through Burguete, the inn still shuttered, and up to Roncesvalles, where the old monastery looms like a sentinel over the pass.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
"When I'm away, I feel fine, but the moment I drive back, it hits me again," he added.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025
He visited in February, explaining: "It's sort of a long spit of land and it's extremely exposed with a seven or eight-mile drive back to the mainland, so it could be quite easily cut off."
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025
He had spent a short time talking to Clovis Bancroft about her brother’s life as a district commissioner in Enugu years ago, and afterward Susan was silent during the drive back in her chauffeur-driven car.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
