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- verb US Simple past tense and past participle of
pedal .
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Examples
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Doherty "pedaled" every day - and eventually walked.
A MAN SENT FROM GOD 1983
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He back-pedaled in fighting to roll back abortion rights, on the IRS exemption to segregated Bob Jones University, dismantling welfare, and gutting education programs.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Why President Obama Continually Hails President Reagan Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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BEIJING — Summoned for a diplomatic dressing down last year, Jon Huntsman Jr., the American ambassador to Beijing, hopped on his sturdy "Forever" brand Chinese bicycle and pedaled off to the Foreign Ministry.
When Diplomacy Means Abandoning the Rule Book Jeremy Page 2011
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And where Treasury soft-pedaled on regulatory consolidation, for fear of angering powerful constituencies, Dodd went much further, combining not only the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency with the Office of Thrift Savings, but throwing in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for good measure.
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » The Clusterf**K Continues 2010
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China relationship, played up the two nations' common interests — and soft-pedaled or ignored longstanding issues that divide them.
Rivals Seek New Balance Bob Davis 2011
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Many days, he pedaled a bicycle taxi from 4 to 10 a.m., caddied from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and then joined his mother to sell vegetables on a train.
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I needed Ian literally pushing me up Amalfi, one hand on my back as I pedaled like hell to keep up.
Precipice 2009
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He back-pedaled in fighting to roll back abortion rights, on the IRS exemption to segregated Bob Jones University, dismantling welfare, and gutting education programs.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Why President Obama Continually Hails President Reagan Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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I needed Ian literally pushing me up Amalfi, one hand on my back as I pedaled like hell to keep up.
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President Hu and President Obama on Wednesday played up the two nations' common interests but soft-pedaled or ignored longstanding issues that divide them.
China Top Official: Hu's Visit 'A Great Success' Lingling Wei 2011
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