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are retreating
verb
To withdraw military forces.
Exact(59)
People are retreating inward".
These glaciers, however, are retreating fairly rapidly.
The Liberal Democrats are retreating.
Most of the glaciers are retreating.
Manufacturers are retreating from ambitious production goals as they struggle with bloated inventories of unsold goods.
Now that IS's forces are retreating, the loot of conquest has dried up.
Now those banks are retreating from making airline loans to save capital.
But glaciers in the eastern Himalayas and the east of the Tibetan plateau are retreating fast.
But now, would-be Democratic leaders are retreating from that legacy with qualifications and half-steps.
This week's European vote was an encouraging sign that the Luddites are retreating.
Its floating ice cap is shrinking and thinning and its glaciers are retreating.
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