retreats
Example Sentences
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He has built new luxury houses and summer retreats for himself in the countryside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Buddhism-themed tourism is thriving and tens of thousands of locals and foreigners sign up every year for "temple stay" retreats where they eat simple monastic food, do chores and meditate.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
To complete the trap, the spider wraps the cone with a thinner type of silk and quickly retreats upward.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
Surging artificial-intelligence spending and persistent inflation worries have fueled one of the fastest retreats for Wall Street’s biggest tech names in over a year, pushing a key “Magnificent Seven” fund into correction territory.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
He said it was one of the most gallant retreats in all history.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
