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Recent Examples of Synonyms for climbing down
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But Paxton and his allies are showing no signs of backing down.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026 -
Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic isn’t backing down from its position about AI in defense.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Musketeers took out Texas in the First Four before bowing out against Illinois in the first round.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
16 Mar. 2026
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Richard Branson’s company is the only one left helping wealthy tourists explore the outer reaches of our atmosphere via suborbital flight—with its only competitor bowing out recently, with Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin announcing in January it would be stopped its space tourism endeavors.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Climbing down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/climbing%20down. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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