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if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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Quickly afterward, though, came the denials from Iran about talks, while Iran's semiofficial Fars and Tasnim news agencies portrayed the American president as backing down.
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Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
But a couple of Runoff’s standout tracks blend her personal experience with literary sources, and Ortiz has a knack for drawing these fantastical inspirations back down to earth.
—Marissa Lorusso, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026
Delicate little needles in the windows that flickered up and then sifted back down.
—Caleb Crain, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
His top-flight legal defense team had failed around half a dozen times to persuade the Justice Department to back down.
—Avi Asher-Schapiro, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
But a couple of Runoff’s standout tracks blend her personal experience with literary sources, and Ortiz has a knack for drawing these fantastical inspirations back down to earth.
—Marissa Lorusso, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026
Delicate little needles in the windows that flickered up and then sifted back down.
—Caleb Crain, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
His top-flight legal defense team had failed around half a dozen times to persuade the Justice Department to back down.
—Avi Asher-Schapiro, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for back down
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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