roll back
Example Sentences
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Hilton would likely struggle to persuade a majority of voters to roll back environmental protections.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
A prolonged stretch of expensive gas could renew U.S. interest in EVs, but companies are forging ahead with plans to roll back EV investments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The former general said the shift aimed to roll back two decades of cooperation with Russia and Cuba, whose advisers helped reshape the armed forces and supplied weapons from rifles to Sukhoi fighter jets.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
She has said she will “fight tooth and nail against any effort to further roll back these fundamental protections.”
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026
My chin tilts up, my shoulders roll back, a vertebra pops in my spine as my posture straightens.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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