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- noun Plural form of
retreat . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
retreat .
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Examples
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Every year, Glenn, the Democrats and Republicans separately have what they call retreats that start out the congressional year.
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Footage filmed at the Climate Camp protest on April 1 shows an officer in riot gear punching a man hard in the face as a crowd retreats from a police line.
Policeman killed - NO STORY. Woman slapped - BIG STORY. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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He retreats from the bed and they both freak out a bit.
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So I am sitting here writing and going OUCH OUCH OUCH, and I can understand why Katrina damns herself, and why Telenias retreats from the world.
Monday stealthymonkey 2009
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He retreats from the bed and they both freak out a bit.
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It provided a satisfactory conclusion, but it retreats from the fairly intimate relating of events through a viewpoint character (mainly Patricia Hutchins, space pilot), to a third-person POV for a grand summary of events that followed the end of the story.
Archive 2008-06-01 Ulysses 2008
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It provided a satisfactory conclusion, but it retreats from the fairly intimate relating of events through a viewpoint character (mainly Patricia Hutchins, space pilot), to a third-person POV for a grand summary of events that followed the end of the story.
Book Report: Chindi, by Jack mcDevitt Ulysses 2008
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Jack retreats from the console room and the Doctor pushes her harder into the wall.
Change (2/3) amberfocus 2008
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May 5th, 2008 2: 42 pm ET oil companies will raise the price of gas the amount that gas retreats from the removal of federal tax, they raise it if it rains, sun shines, cool weather, hot weather, or the first of the month when people gets their social security checks
Last minute Clinton ad: 'What has happened to Barack Obama?' 2008
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Which is just what it sounds like – everybody retreats from the circle to the various playmats and playstations (the baby kind, not the lame-alternative-to-XBox-kind) and the mommies get down to the business of cruising each other.
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