backpedal

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Recent Examples of backpedal During the early red-zone team drill, Locke backpedaled and bought time to throw a 3-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jackson McGohan over the middle. Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024 In early warmups, Denver safety Brandon Jones (listed yesterday as questionable with an illness) is going through some pre-game running and backpedaling. Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2024 Many in the party who have signed the bills that would allow trans inclusion in girls' and women's sports at a federal level have backpedaled in their stance and even denounced the idea in recent months. Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024 Many also worry that U.S. disengagement could lead other countries to backpedal on existing climate pledges or scale back future ambitions. Reuters, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for backpedal 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backpedal
Verb
  • Like the ravenous guest at a buffet, the defense has gobbled up the fact that Buzbee appeared to backtrack a step or two on his client after that NBC News interview.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Local and federal officials warned Trump about how his politically motivated rhetoric could be causing harm as the areas hit attempted to rebuild; however, the president-elect often refused to backtrack.
    Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The new design looks to better separate the rear slide-out hardware from the side slide-outs, which retract below the central vehicle roof.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In the back rests a queen-size Murphy bed that retracts into the wall to make space.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • My 20-year investigation revealed a pattern of questionable police and prosecutorial tactics, as well as two eyewitnesses who recanted and critical evidence his attorneys never saw before his trial.
    Dan Slepian, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement Palacios later recanted and in the years since has maintained his innocence.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024

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“Backpedal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backpedal. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.

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