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as in to revert
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as in to backpedal
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Recent Examples of backtrack
But the series of mid-decade redraws impacting the 2026 midterms essentially represent a break from tradition and have put Democrats in the position of having to backtrack on some of their past messaging on the issue.
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Hunter Woodall, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Merchants are aware that prices of metals could backtrack or keep jerking upward.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Normally, Ralston said, a person that misses a turn would just swing around quickly and backtrack.
—Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Forcing the president to backtrack on deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
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Hunter Woodall, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Merchants are aware that prices of metals could backtrack or keep jerking upward.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Normally, Ralston said, a person that misses a turn would just swing around quickly and backtrack.
—Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Forcing the president to backtrack on deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backtrack
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The Huskers took a brief pause from their doldrums to summon up a home win against Minnesota only to revert back to losing, dropping four more in a row.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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That decision was reversed last year, when Zaslav and Bloys decided to revert back to the HBO Max name to highlight the strength of HBO’s programming.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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The president had been backpedaling amid outrage over federal immigration agents who killed two people in January in Minneapolis.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
28 Feb. 2026
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But leaders shouldn’t backpedal on criminal justice reforms.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Court records show the judge also revoked her driver's license and ordered her to pay $10,000 in restitution, not have contact with the victim's family, complete 200 hours of community service and wear a curfew tether for 90 days.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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According to state law, permits are immediately revoked if a restaurant receives a score of less than 70%.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2026
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The letter notes the post was later retracted, though not for a full day, and that the retraction itself repeated the original accusation.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Mar. 2026
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The ruthlessness of the producers cutting folk off mid-speech or retracting the microphone and upping the music volume was belittling to those on stage.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Backtrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backtrack. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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