backing out
Example Sentences
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Am I a jerk for backing out now?
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Shares have since bounced back after the company announced in February it was backing out of the bidding war by not matching Paramount’s latest offer.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
The jury instead found that certain of his public claims of problems in Twitter's user metrics, and that he was possibly backing out of the $44bn acquisition deal, were intentionally misleading.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Buyers aren’t the only ones backing out of deals, and there are cases in which there is little hope of saving a deal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
She walked to Celaena, and it was all the assassin could do to keep from backing out of the tomb and running away.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
