backing out
Example Sentences
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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
“These common contingencies — inspection, appraisal, financing, sale of the buyer’s current home, clear title, etc. — mean that backing out for those reasons is lawful and permitted under the contract.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 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
Francis looked for numbers on the mailboxes, nosing into one false trail after another and backing out again, cursing, grinding the gears.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
