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if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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The salary aprons will bring the top teams back down in a season or so.
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2025
He was sent back down to Triple-A after some early struggles.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
Now, new findings show that Ansky flares in X-rays roughly every four-and-a-half days, and that each flare lasts one-and-a-half days before dying back down and waiting for the cycle to begin again.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 May 2025
The president appeared to back down from that threat, however, after a sharp drop in the stock market last month.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 7 May 2025
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2025
He was sent back down to Triple-A after some early struggles.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
Now, new findings show that Ansky flares in X-rays roughly every four-and-a-half days, and that each flare lasts one-and-a-half days before dying back down and waiting for the cycle to begin again.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 May 2025
The president appeared to back down from that threat, however, after a sharp drop in the stock market last month.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 7 May 2025
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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