retreated

They retreated into a defensive posture about the issue and then capitulated to the right by signing on to a highly restrictive border security bill early in 2024 that Trump and his allies nevertheless cynically torpedoed.

As the campaign cycle nears the end, Trump has retreated to the far corners of his worst impulses: fearmongering, conspiracy-theorizing, self-pitying.

Recognizing his mistake when Gavin Lux climbed up the dugout steps, Ohtani temporarily retreated to the bench.

Then he turned away and retreated into the woods.

After laying on the horn for five straight seconds — a cry of frustration more than any conceivable call to action — the driver of a red pickup truck pulled a U-turn and retreated to the residential streets of Echo Park.