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Couples has been withdrawing from events on the PGA Tour Champions because of his latest back trouble, but the 1992 Masters winner has done everything possible to be on the grounds this week.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024

Since around 2000, Arizona has been withdrawing its full allotment from the Colorado River, and it’s impossible to overstate how important the Colorado has become to the state.

From Slate • May 8, 2015

Now 77 and with Parkinson’s disease, he has been withdrawing from public life.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2011

Still more cheerful were those who said: "Shell has been withdrawing from Ecuador since it came here ten years ago."

From Time Magazine Archive

Of late years, Mr. Vanderbilt has been withdrawing his money from ships and steamers, and investing it in railroads and iron works.

From Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made by McCabe, James Dabney