"retreat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Finnish forces retreated to this location during the 1939 war with Russia.
- They would attempt to retreat after an attack, or during, if it could not be driven back.
- "We had to retreat during the storm, but for the moment the effect seems to have abated."
- Hardee retreated during the night after holding up the Union advance for nearly two days.
- It is theorized that he actually retreated back to his kingdom during this time.
- After realizing that they could not hold their positions much longer, the Dutch retreated further onto the island during the night.
- Society people did not retreat during the war.
- The confederates held off the Union and made them retreat during this battle.
- All retreated during the first half of the century, advanced from 1950-1975 and have been retreating increasingly rapidly since 1980.
- The glacier retreated during the last Ice Age, about 12,000 years ago.
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