retract
Example Sentences
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He pleads with Yusron to lie for him, giving him a series of cover stories he can use to retract his evidence document.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
She even called legendary labor leader Dolores Huerta to try to get her to retract her endorsement of Wiener.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
We want them to retract or hold the line,’” McOsker told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
The wee powered hardtop mechanism does retract, after a fashion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
It was a terrible thing to him to retract a word, but to retract it in shame was infinitely worse.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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