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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backed (up or away)
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Social Security benefits — paid mostly to recipients who are older or retired — are typically scheduled to go out on Wednesdays.
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Carpino retired in April, without ever explaining what was not right in the organization or, based on the standings, repairing it.
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After starring in a slew of movies with each other, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen withdrew from the spotlight to focus on launching The Row, a luxury fashion brand, in 2005.
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Del Toro beat him at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes last month before Seixas later withdrew with injury — and UAE domestiques have made it onto the podium before, such as Adam Yates in 2024.
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Gunfire rang out into the vehicle until both men eventually ran away in opposite directions.
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Officers made contact with the man, who then ran away and into the Fox River.
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Padres left fielder Jase Bowen retreated to the ivy and made a leaping catch.
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Armand gives a recap of the events leading up to and following the Trial of season two, saying that Lestat retreated to Magnus’s tower for the latter half of the 20th century, and never reached out to Louis to expose the truth about Armand orchestrating Claudia’s murder.
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After searching all the cat's favorite hiding spots, the owners assumed the white cat had walked out the front door.
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Hector Alvarez saw them being walked out of the skyscraper's loading dock in handcuffs.
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Almost 100 years later, Stanley Hurst and others surveyed the damage after the Mississippi receded.
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These battles have completely receded from the American imagination, even though, in some ways, the American rebellion was a sideshow to a far greater imperial drama.
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Years before Travis Kelce knelt to the ground and pulled out a custom ring for Taylor Swift, the Kansas City Chiefs player was just a fan in the stands who was desperate for a meet-and-greet with the superstar.
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Several artists, including Martina McBride, Young MC, the Commodores and Bret Michaels, pulled out after being announced or associated with Freedom 250 events.
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“Backed (up or away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backed%20%28up%20or%20away%29. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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