retract

Example Sentences

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Beijing has demanded that Ms. Takaichi retract the statement that sparked the conflict, but backing down would be politically costly for her in Japan.

From The Wall Street Journal

The town retracted its post with the image on Wednesday afternoon, after being contacted by the person who created the AI image, the official said.

From Barron's

But later, when they spoke to Ross's defence investigator George Thomson, the boy retracted his statement and said he thought he had seen Ross around that time.

From BBC

Responding to his first statement about Colombian citizens being killed, the White House said it looked forward to President Petro "publicly retracting his baseless and reprehensible statement".

From BBC

While Mr Sullivan later retracted his confessions, the police and prosecution also relied on bite mark evidence, a now widely discredited field of forensic science.

From BBC