go back on
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Following the captain's reported move to go back on her asylum request, only two of them are now set to remain in Australia.
From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026
Another less-studied phenomenon is when people stop taking a GLP-1 and then decide they want to go back on the medication.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
In effect, the paintings are “repatriated” once they return to Mexico, and they can’t go back on the global market.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025
Moments I wish I could go back on and I feel bad for, like Montreal and things like that, I embarrassed myself.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025
I told Michael that we’d move in this afternoon, and I’m not going to go back on that.”
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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