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  • Retreating to a quiet, candlelit corner, they sat holding hands on a white leather sofa, drinking mojitos, occasionally kissing, and quietly making plans for their future together.

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • Retreating to a quiet, candlelit corner, they sat holding hands on a white leather sofa, drinking mojitos, occasionally kissing, and quietly making plans for their future together.

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • Retreating from the IAEA would constrict the ability of the United States to prevent global nuclear proliferation and State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland warned of "lives lost" were the United States unable to fund the WHO.

    Josh Ruebner: Combat HIV/AIDS or Protect Israel's Denial of Palestinian Rights? Josh Ruebner 2011

  • Retreating into a corner, I polished off the amazingly good food and began to feel more confident of my legs, of my ability to hold my poles in hands that didn't shake.

    Ski special: get the party started in Austria Susan Greenwood 2010

  • Retreating into the mentality of the siege, Wenger argued that it was far from the first time his team had been denied a penalty.

    Arsenal's Arsène Wenger rages at referee after Fulham defeat 2012

  • Retreating to a world of fantasy sheltered me from my family's volatile atmosphere, and when I couldn't hide, I tried to do whatever was required to not get noticed.

    Suzanne Gold - An interview with author 2010

  • Retreating into his library lays the foundation for a good deal of the chaos that disrupts the Bennet household.

    Lev Raphael: Jane Austen Takes No Prisoners Lev Raphael 2011

  • Retreating rebels said they took significant casualties in the assault, interrupting a string of recent opposition victories in their westward push toward Tripoli.

    Gaddafi intensifies campaign 2011

  • Retreating into his library lays the foundation for a good deal of the chaos that disrupts the Bennet household.

    Lev Raphael: Jane Austen Takes No Prisoners Lev Raphael 2011

  • Retreating south, with the Germans not far behind us, our section of eight men was ordered back to destroy two small bridges just outside the town of Lamia on the southern side, but north of the pass of Thermopylae.

    Alan Glass 2010

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