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
He bought me vegan Van Leeuwen on the drive back, and from then on, we were sufficiently hooked.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 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
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
Watching him left Penelope with two very different ideas to ponder as she walked up the drive back to the house.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
