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you'd better not back off on your promise to do all the planning for the big dance
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Haynie says Ackerman actually called McClendon and asked him to back off until the divorce was official.
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Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
President Trump backs off after calling Zelenskyy a dictator.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Carr asserted that the FCC in recent decades has backed off of its obligation to ensure that broadcast TV and radio stations operate in the public interest.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
The biggest shock came in 2018 when then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions scrapped the Cole Memorandum—a key policy that had essentially told federal authorities to back off states with legal cannabis.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
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Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
President Trump backs off after calling Zelenskyy a dictator.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Carr asserted that the FCC in recent decades has backed off of its obligation to ensure that broadcast TV and radio stations operate in the public interest.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
The biggest shock came in 2018 when then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions scrapped the Cole Memorandum—a key policy that had essentially told federal authorities to back off states with legal cannabis.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Back off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20off. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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