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if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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Eventually, the White House and the Treasury backed down.
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Fortunately for life, after each of these LIP events, Earth gradually drew that excess carbon dioxide deep into its rocky bowels, and the planet cooled back down.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Samsung isn't backing down.
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Still, manager Aaron Boone isn't backing down.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Fortunately for life, after each of these LIP events, Earth gradually drew that excess carbon dioxide deep into its rocky bowels, and the planet cooled back down.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Samsung isn't backing down.
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Still, manager Aaron Boone isn't backing down.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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