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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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But seeing Scherzer grow animated as Schneider approached, shortstop Andrés Giménez backed off.
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Despite increasingly menacing warnings to back off and stop prying into the lives of rich power players thorny about their privacy, Lo remains determined to get to the truth.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
The five-time major winner was heckled relentlessly, forced to back off putts due to crowd noise, and even went after a spectator who threw a beer at his wife, Erica, but was pulled back by officials.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Trump had earlier suggested Chicago could be the next target of a National Guard deployment but has since backed off out of concern that doing so without Pritzker’s agreement could create legal headache, sources familiar with the matter told CNN last month.
—Hanna Park, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Despite increasingly menacing warnings to back off and stop prying into the lives of rich power players thorny about their privacy, Lo remains determined to get to the truth.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
The five-time major winner was heckled relentlessly, forced to back off putts due to crowd noise, and even went after a spectator who threw a beer at his wife, Erica, but was pulled back by officials.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Trump had earlier suggested Chicago could be the next target of a National Guard deployment but has since backed off out of concern that doing so without Pritzker’s agreement could create legal headache, sources familiar with the matter told CNN last month.
—Hanna Park, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Back off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20off. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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