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retreating
noun as in flight
Strongest match
Weak matches
Example Sentences
But instead, the young journalist was subjected to online trolling and so many threats that she vacated her apartment, eventually retreating to London.
Wagner fighters are said to have infiltrated Chad from the CAR and clashed with the local army, before retreating.
“All public officials need to be prepared to fight against the extremism that will come when Trump returns to office and retreating in advance is a dangerous precedent to set.”
Some nations and corporations, meanwhile, have been retreating from their climate commitments.
Mark Cotter KC, prosecuting, told the trial Mr Crewe was "an unarmed and intoxicated man who was retreating" when the attack happened.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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