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you'd better not back off on your promise to do all the planning for the big dance
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Tensions came to a head when Carrie confronted her for backing off.
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched a full-scale invasion of Russia’s much smaller neighbor in February 2022, has not backed off maximalist demands that would see Ukraine blocked from integrating with the West and limit its ability to defend itself.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 27 Dec. 2025
But this season’s 49ers team was lectured from the start to back off on the Super Bowl talk after last year’s 6-11 debacle and instead work on simply becoming a good team that gets better every week.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
Still, while the index has remained within 3% of its record high, that was eight weeks ago, and the benchmark backed off decisively from those peak readings in the past week.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched a full-scale invasion of Russia’s much smaller neighbor in February 2022, has not backed off maximalist demands that would see Ukraine blocked from integrating with the West and limit its ability to defend itself.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 27 Dec. 2025
But this season’s 49ers team was lectured from the start to back off on the Super Bowl talk after last year’s 6-11 debacle and instead work on simply becoming a good team that gets better every week.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
Still, while the index has remained within 3% of its record high, that was eight weeks ago, and the benchmark backed off decisively from those peak readings in the past week.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Back off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20off. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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