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if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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Our porters, who carried all our gear up this mountain, have already made it to Base Camp and are heading back down, and on to their next job.
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Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
As an example, when a new seaport opened in the south of the country earlier this year to much fanfare, the government initially blocked operators from receiving containers until pressure by the private port association forced the government to back down.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025
Giles called as a small body (by orca standards) shot out of the water, arced in the air and smacked back down with a belly-flop splash.
—Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
Healthcare practitioners strive to help patients achieve prediabetes remission by getting blood sugar levels back down to a normal range — typically between 70 and 99 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) when fasting.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 16 Dec. 2025
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Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
As an example, when a new seaport opened in the south of the country earlier this year to much fanfare, the government initially blocked operators from receiving containers until pressure by the private port association forced the government to back down.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025
Giles called as a small body (by orca standards) shot out of the water, arced in the air and smacked back down with a belly-flop splash.
—Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
Healthcare practitioners strive to help patients achieve prediabetes remission by getting blood sugar levels back down to a normal range — typically between 70 and 99 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) when fasting.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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