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Then he turned away and retreated into the woods.

From BBC

In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retreated to a bunker underneath the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, where he was joined by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and other senior leaders.

He said the Israeli forces retreated when a delegation from the WHO arrived with an ambulance and evacuated some patients.

From BBC

In this century, as football has ruled our sporting lives, baseball has retreated to local dominance.

In the past few weeks, Trump has retreated to the safe spaces of far-right media, phony events with only hand-picked supporters in attendance, and rallies, coddled from any scary reminders that most Americans dislike him.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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