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if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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After a brief media firestorm, officials backed down slightly, saying yesterday Carlsen would return to the event and the dress code rules would be less stringent.
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Chris Branch, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Advertisement With Proposition 36 now in effect, several other California officials have vowed to use the power of new legislation to hold people accountable, and criminal justice reform advocates show no signs of backing down.
—Koko Nakajima, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
The Kremlin is framing these maximalist and unrealistic demands as preconditions for any peace talks and is unlikely to back down from these demands.
—Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Pereira effectively scored two knockouts on Saturday night, blasting former champion Jiri Prochazka to the mat at the bell to end the first round and then sending him right back down in the opening moments of the second round with a head kick.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Chris Branch, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Advertisement With Proposition 36 now in effect, several other California officials have vowed to use the power of new legislation to hold people accountable, and criminal justice reform advocates show no signs of backing down.
—Koko Nakajima, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
The Kremlin is framing these maximalist and unrealistic demands as preconditions for any peace talks and is unlikely to back down from these demands.
—Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Pereira effectively scored two knockouts on Saturday night, blasting former champion Jiri Prochazka to the mat at the bell to end the first round and then sending him right back down in the opening moments of the second round with a head kick.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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