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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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Trump quickly backed off the reciprocal plan amid a market rout and mounting criticism.
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Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 8 May 2025
That direct encouragement accelerated an equity market rally which began as the president showed further inclination to back off of his most aggressive trade war plans and brandished a new trade deal with the U.K., the first such agreement of his second term.
—Derek Saul, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Trump and his allies have flirted with the idea of the president unconstitutionally running for a third term next general election cycle, but Trump himself backed off that idea in a Sunday interview with NBC News.
—Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 7 May 2025
Instead of backing off, corporations are evolving their diversity programs to focus on what works and jettison what does not, said Joelle Emerson, CEO of culture and inclusion platform Paradigm.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 2 May 2025
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Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 8 May 2025
That direct encouragement accelerated an equity market rally which began as the president showed further inclination to back off of his most aggressive trade war plans and brandished a new trade deal with the U.K., the first such agreement of his second term.
—Derek Saul, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Trump and his allies have flirted with the idea of the president unconstitutionally running for a third term next general election cycle, but Trump himself backed off that idea in a Sunday interview with NBC News.
—Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 7 May 2025
Instead of backing off, corporations are evolving their diversity programs to focus on what works and jettison what does not, said Joelle Emerson, CEO of culture and inclusion platform Paradigm.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 2 May 2025
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“Back off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20off. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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