recede (from)

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Verb
  • Stanley said crews were initially able to fight the fire near a chlorine leak at a water treatment facility, but eventually had to withdraw due to safety concerns for pilots who could breathe toxic fumes.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
  • Topline Half of the roughly 4,000 National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles last month amid immigration raid protests will be withdrawn, the Trump administration announced Tuesday, calling off the soldiers weeks after California Gov. Gavin Newsom unsuccessfully tried to block their deployment.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • The action by the state legislature, set to go into effect in 2026, has already led Scott to completely reshape the business model of what has been 7 Point Farm and Apothecary, formerly in the Midway Center on Lebanon Road.
    Maria Leontaras, The Tennessean, 15 July 2025
  • Yet analysts, employees and even the company have said Target faces issues that go well beyond the economy.
    Melissa Repko, CNBC, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • While Drake has continued with subtle jabs in his music, Pusha appears content with leaving their rivalry in the past.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 15 July 2025
  • Social media videos showed dramatic scenes of floodwater pouring into Manhattan subway stations and buses left stranded by rising water in towns such as Scotch Plains, New Jersey.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • And in this story, Superman retreats from the world after being rejected by the public for adhering to an older moral code.
    Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
  • The nonsectarian center hosts retreats that range from 3 to 13 nights, for a wide variety of experience levels, with a central focus on Theravadin teachings and bodhicitta (striving to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings).
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 9 July 2025
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“Recede (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recede%20%28from%29. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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