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if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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All signs point toward the Eagles here but Jordan Love won't back down.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Within a few hours, Yoon had backed down, but the crisis wasn’t over, with calls for his resignation and impeachment growing.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
With seconds remaining in regulation this past Friday and with Jokić’s Denver Nuggets down one, the burly center backed down San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Push your feet into the wall to lift your hips into a glute-bridge position, stopping when there is a straight line between knees, hips, and ribs, then slowly lower back down.
—Nicole Demarco, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Within a few hours, Yoon had backed down, but the crisis wasn’t over, with calls for his resignation and impeachment growing.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
With seconds remaining in regulation this past Friday and with Jokić’s Denver Nuggets down one, the burly center backed down San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Push your feet into the wall to lift your hips into a glute-bridge position, stopping when there is a straight line between knees, hips, and ribs, then slowly lower back down.
—Nicole Demarco, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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