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Example sentences for: retreated

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The papers report that the Dow retreated because of fears that the Fed will raise interest rates to cool the exuberant economy.
Noting the fossil's eel-like tail and other aquatic attributes, Lee and Caldwell suggest that these proto-snakes retreated into the water, shed their legs, then slithered back out.
Abandoning the New Territories and Kowloon, the defenders retreated to Hong Kong island, hoping for relief which never came.
Many retreated into the hills to make their own way, the forefathers of today’s small-scale, self-sufficient farmers.
Thompson's writing retreated from the outside world.