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if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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Twice per day, on the way up and back down, Kosmos 2589 briefly passes near a large number of US government and commercial satellites in more conventional geosynchronous orbits but then quickly departs the vicinity.
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Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
Beauty is not backing down from its inclusive positioning.
E.l.f.
—Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Oil prices spiked sharply last month during the bloody, 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran but then tumbled back down as the U.S. helped broker a peace deal after dropping bombs on three of Iran’s key nuclear sites.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025
But Dragon is reusable and can therefore haul scientific samples and other materials from the ISS safely back down to Earth.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 July 2025
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Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
Beauty is not backing down from its inclusive positioning.
E.l.f.
—Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Oil prices spiked sharply last month during the bloody, 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran but then tumbled back down as the U.S. helped broker a peace deal after dropping bombs on three of Iran’s key nuclear sites.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025
But Dragon is reusable and can therefore haul scientific samples and other materials from the ISS safely back down to Earth.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 July 2025
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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