retrace
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“If the current leaders begin to consolidate or retrace, stronger participation from the broader market will likely be necessary to prevent the index from losing momentum.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Federal investigators used data from a network of license-plate readers and traffic-surveillance cameras collected by local police to retrace her movements in the days before the shooting, court documents show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
With Ukrainian airspace closed because of the war with Russia, they will then retrace their steps to Poland and fly to London for next week's second leg.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
But there’s a limit to how many similar instances, all with the same structure, the film can retrace before it gives way to monotony.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
He picked up the toy soldier and began to retrace his trail.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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Documentarian Geeta Gandbhir retraces this slow-moving tragedy through the body camera footage of the exasperated officers who know that the caller, not the children, is the problem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Running until March 8, the exhibit retraces the journeys made by the researcher, who died in 2003.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
OTTAWA—Retailers in Canada saw a jump in sales in November that retraces weak trade in recent months, hinting at a recovery in household consumption heading into the important holiday season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Prime Video’s “Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames,” in contrast, retraces the reporting of Vanity Fair’s Alice Hines, who serves as its main protagonist and narrator.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2023
“So, every seventy-five years, he retraces the journey, hoping to reunite with her.”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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To determine when the ability developed and how it changed over time, the team retraced lactoferrin's evolutionary history and reconstructed versions belonging to its extinct ancestors.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
The oil market did a “good job in making up for the supply cut off” from Iran, which is why prices retraced so sharply, Edward Meir, an analyst at financial-services platform Marex, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
And then he retraced his steps across the 150-foot wide thoroughfare that knifes through the heart of the city along what once was the Red Car line of the Pacific Electric Railway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Following Friday’s bounce, stocks are set to open lower while oil prices have retraced some of their losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
The summer after he died, my son and I retraced that trip.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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Debbie Duncan says retracing her son Jay Slater''s footsteps has given her "more closure"
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The mother of Jay Slater, who died after he went missing in Tenerife, has said retracing his footsteps was "very tough and emotional" but had given her "more closure".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The dollar is currently around 159.30 yen, retracing roughly half its original gains.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
But Mr. Devine, who served as Mr. Sanders’s chief strategist, isn’t merely retracing the journey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
He had no plan or strategy in this but the retracing of his course.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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