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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backed (up or away)
Verb
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Once through that second, Adam Bushley retired nine of his last 10 batters and reached a season-high 92 pitches.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2026 -
Ragans retired six of his next eight batters.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Days after four Republican candidates withdrew from the upcoming Platte County election and launched independent campaigns, the county’s Republican committee announced plans to censure those candidates and deem them unwelcome within the party.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
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Polling from March shows Becerra with just 3% of the vote, indicating a 7-point increase for Becerra between then and Emerson’s most recent survey, conducted right after Swalwell withdrew.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
Verb
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The man ran away but officers located him and took him into custody.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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This Daisy ran away from her two dads, acquiring a rap sheet for petty theft along the way.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Frank Sinatra entertained at his Twin Palms estate; Marilyn Monroe retreated here between films, and Elvis and Priscilla Presley honeymooned in an A-frame hideaway steps from downtown.—
Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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After 20 minutes or so, the protesters retreated.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Last year, Aubrey Pierce walked into a 7-Eleven in north Tampa, plopped down $50, and walked out with a $25,000,000 Gold Rush Multiplier scratch-off ticket.—
Jack Jankowski,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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The artist Oscar Murillo came in as Getty presidential scholar Sandra Jackson-Dumont walked out.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Oil prices and shipping probably will not return to normal until the risk of attacks in the strait has receded, said Kaho Yu, head of energy and resources at risk intelligence company Verisk Maplecroft.—
Joshua Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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The investigator said once the waters receded and the situation became more apparent, the groundskeepers started to help rescue people.—
Ashley Killough,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Mira pulled out a fifties-style blue frock.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Dollars are pulled out of local communities instead of being reinvested into the grid and the people who depend on it.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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“Backed (up or away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backed%20%28up%20or%20away%29. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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