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Verb
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Seconds later, Flore backtracked, called the foul on the floor, then backtracked his backtrack and reverted to his initial call.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The report was retracted in a separate tweet, but that didn’t stop the internet, which never sleeps.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Although the chapter had been peer reviewed and approved by the Federal Judicial Center, as well as by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, the center retracted the climate chapter in February.—
Abrahm Lustgarten,
ProPublica,
2 May 2026
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The conviction turned largely on eyewitness testimony that has since been recanted and scientific evidence that has since been debunked.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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Bourgerie noted that Ball’s wife later recanted her allegations and that Ball had been named deputy of the year for the Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office in 2025.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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“Backpedaled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backpedaled. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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