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if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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Deutsche Bank's Binky Chadha is bullish again, confident that the Trump administration will continue to back down on tariffs.
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 3 June 2025
Kumar’s departure comes as Denver faces a budget crisis that prompted city leadership to back down from an effort to give raises to Johnston’s appointees.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 3 June 2025
China responded to Trump’s tariffs and placed a retaliatory 84% tariff on U.S. imports, and at the time, neither China nor the U.S. showed signs of backing down from their steep rates.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
And things have already ticked back down, though compared to historical norms, home runs are still flying out of college ballparks at a rate akin to the gorilla ball days.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 30 May 2025
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 3 June 2025
Kumar’s departure comes as Denver faces a budget crisis that prompted city leadership to back down from an effort to give raises to Johnston’s appointees.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 3 June 2025
China responded to Trump’s tariffs and placed a retaliatory 84% tariff on U.S. imports, and at the time, neither China nor the U.S. showed signs of backing down from their steep rates.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
And things have already ticked back down, though compared to historical norms, home runs are still flying out of college ballparks at a rate akin to the gorilla ball days.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 30 May 2025
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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