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Yet as the Revolution slowed, the phrase receded.136 With Thermidor, or the end of Revolutionary Terror, newspapers and local governments urged citizens to remove it.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

Yet as the Revolution slowed, the phrase receded.136 With Thermidor, or the end of Revolutionary Terror, newspapers and local governments urged citizens to remove it.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

Floodwaters also engulfed the playing field all the way up to the first row of seats in the stadium, but by Wednesday had receded from the stadium.

Tennessee Titans Team Report 2010

To her relief, the pain receded within a few hours.

Woman's crushing headache took years to diagnose Sandra G. Boodman 2010

It is a little bit harder to carefully chose the one issue against McCain (as Iraq has receded from the biggest radars), but there he goes again parroting his opponent John McCain and hoping that he can find one differentiating jewel again.

The Early Word: The Race About Race - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Over the millennia, ice gradually accumulated on the cold night side, and the oceans receded from the hot sunward side.

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The story begins like a fairy tale, “When the world was new, and dreams had not yet receded from the waking day ...”

The Vivisection of Bone, Part 2: Mytho-Bone-esis 2007

The story begins like a fairy tale, “When the world was new, and dreams had not yet receded from the waking day ...”

Archive 2007-05-01 2007

The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina may have receded from the national headlines and the public consciousness, but for those affected the story is not yet over.

Check This Out! Episode 014: Tulane Law Library 2006

Even when the prospect of oil and gas shortages receded from the immediate into the distant future, existence remained more expensive and competitive.

1979—The Year of the Referendum 1978