retreating
Example Sentences
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The 10-year Treasury yield matched Wednesday’s two-month high of 4.665% before retreating to 4.659%; and the 30-year yield is just off Wednesday’s two-month high of 5.154%, last trading at 5.150%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
If this ice begins retreating quickly, the process can become difficult to stop or reverse.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
France couldn’t even score into an open net, with Desire Doue lining a low shot right at a rapidly retreating Simón, who had come well off his line and left the goal unattended.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
CrowdStrike and Palo Alto’s shares have had a mixed record when it comes to AI, initially retreating on fears that it would make their technology irrelevant.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The Peruvian doctors were following WHO protocol, retreating Christian with standard first-line antibiotics that had failed to stop the TB in the first place.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
