take back

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take back
Verb
  • Details of Russia’s offer on Donetsk are not public, but Russia is reportedly offering to freeze the frontline positions at Zhaporzhzhia and Kherson, and withdraw from territory in Sumy, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, in exchange for Ukraine handing over the rest of the Donbas.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025
  • After reading West’s Forbes article, the husband and wife withdrew from their retirement fund, used a portion of their savings, and borrowed money from their adult son to invest $150,000 in a home West was flipping in August 2010.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Once at the top or bottom, the Marswalker retracts the bracers and opens its doors again so that the S2 can be on its way while the Marswalker waits for the return trip.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Similarly, although an extensive Danish study showed no link between aluminum in vaccines and ASD, Kennedy demanded that the Annals of Internal Medicine, a prestigious medical journal, retract the study.
    Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Eventually, however, Lowell’s ideas were discredited—Schiaparelli, once an ally, renounced them—and the world moved on.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Beijing has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control.
    Karen Lema, Reuters, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • All three Cabinet members denied wrongdoing.
    Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Judge Gary Arnold denied the motion Thursday morning.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And not a single Democrat then contradicted them or criticized them.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The Republican president insisted that his tough talk didn't contradict his fixation on being recognized for diplomatic efforts, saying peace must be made from a position of strength.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
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