Example Sentences

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U.S. stock futures were retreating, led by tech-focused Nasdaq-100 contracts, and global markets were mostly lower.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Ulster Wildlife said recent research emerging from across the UK and Ireland suggested hedgehogs were retreating to towns and cities and that urban gardens may be their last refuge.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

But investors were retreating from risky assets and shifting into bonds.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

Those worries were retreating by midday on Thursday.

From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2023

Sure enough, the waves of grasshoppers were retreating.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney