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withdraw

[with-draw, with-] / wɪðˈdrɔ, wɪθ- /




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She then urges Ira to withdraw her police report.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

A California woman said she hasn’t been able to withdraw $1,500 from her account.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

The intervention helped force Binance to withdraw its application in Greece and stop promoting services to the bloc’s 450 million residents.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

But he should take personal responsibility for dropping Macklemore, or stand by the artists on his tour and withdraw from the venues that pressured him to drop Macklemore.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

An officer in a field uniform, ruddy-faced, with very thick glasses and ceremonious manners, signaled to the sentries to withdraw.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told AFP in an exclusive interview he wants to reach a security agreement with Israel once it withdraws from the south, and is determined to disarm Hezbollah without resorting to confrontation.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Here’s a simplified example: John’s top tax rate is 22% and could be 22% when he withdraws from retirement accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

He has grown increasingly frustrated with the Sudanese military, which refuses to engage in a peace process unless the RSF disarms and withdraws from the territory it has occupied.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

If she takes the full RMD in February and runs the QCD in November, she reports $40,000 of income but withdraws $55,000 overall.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

She withdraws her big emerald ring from the apron pocket and puts it on her middle finger.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

But the Agriculture Department said the federal government replaced $360 million in benefits stolen from 754,000 households between October 2022 and December 2024, before Congress withdrew that authority.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

They cleared the legislature earlier this month after CSU and UC withdrew objections.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

A day later, FDA scientists withdrew the finding.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

"Boats carrying armed Houthi fighters reached Mayyun Island after government forces withdrew from it yesterday," the local government official told AFP, referring to an island also known as Perim.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

“They look starved,” Zooey said, but withdrew his hand from the fish food.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

Polymarket’s chief competitor, Kalshi, doesn’t, though that company inspects funds withdrawn to different payment mechanisms and freezes suspicious payments, a person familiar with that company’s protocols said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

The vast majority of the UHW-backed measures have been withdrawn, usually after the industry agrees to concessions, the suit states.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

The Archbishop of Canterbury has withdrawn an award given to a Muslim cleric who praised Osama Bin Laden.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

He writes that the rule will have an “obvious deterrent effect on student enrollment,” and notes that dozens of international students have already withdrawn from their programs.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

As if a dark veil had been withdrawn, the Mirror grew grey, and then clear.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

"The fact that victims have been withdrawing their cases because they have taken too long has been a disgrace," said shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

By 2007, they were in the process of withdrawing from eight to four floors, after having spent $1 million on renovations, and renting the other four out.

From Slate Sep. 18, 2026

They are withdrawing from the real world into loneliness and helplessness.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

The council eventually agreed in May to delay implementation of the minimum wage increase by 18 months in exchange for the business coalition withdrawing the gross receipts measure.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

The long mane of grizzled gray hair was withdrawing into the scalp and turning the color of straw.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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