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A coalition of foreign forces, led by the USA and including the UK, had been withdrawing from Afghanistan after making a deal with the Taliban, two decades after removing the hardline Islamist group from power.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2024

David Hollingworth, of broker London & Country, said lenders had been withdrawing deals and raising rates at a "relentless pace" and this week "is going to bring more of the same".

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2023

He had been withdrawing large sums of money from the bank in the days leading up to his arrest, making it look like he was going to flee, according to Little.

From Fox News • Oct. 19, 2021

News broke yesterday that concerned Greeks had been withdrawing funds since the election of May 6.

From The Guardian • May 16, 2012

For a week previously the enemy had been withdrawing his stores.

From From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Gibbs, Philip