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if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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For instance, a retailer running a flash sale event can leverage an AI recommendation engine on serverless functions, dynamically scaling up to support hundreds of thousands of users in parallel and scaling back down to zero once the demand subsides.
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Navneet Tyagi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Supported by 7 large air tankers and multiple helicopters, firefighters worked directly along the active edge on the southwest corner to tie fire line back down to the river to prevent westward spread, and worked dozers in across the top of the fire, opening roads and old lines from previous fires.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Refusing to back down or keep quiet, the 79-year-old channeled the values and messages of the counterculture that paralleled his rise in the ‘60s.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Luckily, the man was not injured, and by Thursday afternoon, the feline made its own way back down to the ground, per the outlets.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Navneet Tyagi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Supported by 7 large air tankers and multiple helicopters, firefighters worked directly along the active edge on the southwest corner to tie fire line back down to the river to prevent westward spread, and worked dozers in across the top of the fire, opening roads and old lines from previous fires.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Refusing to back down or keep quiet, the 79-year-old channeled the values and messages of the counterculture that paralleled his rise in the ‘60s.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Luckily, the man was not injured, and by Thursday afternoon, the feline made its own way back down to the ground, per the outlets.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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