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withdrawal

In a military action, an orderly movement of forces in a rearward direction in order to occupy more favourable ground. It is voluntary and controlled, unlike a retreat.



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Ms Falckh said the backdown by the Health Department and management at the RDH was a great win for nurses and the ANF.
The see-saw affair had 11 lead changes during a seven-minute span late, with the Huskies taking the lead for good - 62-60 - on Jamaal Williams' backdown of Luc Richard Mbah a Moute with 2:45 to play.
His sudden backdown ushers the steel industry into a new era--but it is also highly revealing about the previous one: The US president was protecting US steel companies because they had not evolved into what European, Polish and Asian steelmakers have become.
 
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