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Economic uncertainty has tempered demand among even the wealthiest clients who had lifted sales for years, while aspirational shoppers are recoiling from persistent price increases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Americans are recoiling at rising restaurant and coffee prices and eating out less, making Starbucks’s turnaround more challenging.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2025

Meanwhile, on the streets of the country, people are recoiling in the wake of each passing stranger’s exhalation.

From Washington Times • Apr. 1, 2020

While the world economy has been chugging along, multiple countries are recoiling from the trend toward economic integration that has been continuing for decades.

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2018

Thus the armies of the Confederate States are recoiling at all points, and a settled gloom is apparent on many weak faces.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp