Retreating

Tom started retreating.

We were retreating.

Sea ice is retreating.

George H. W. Bush was a war criminal responsible for bombing retreating soldiers, many of whom were conscripts.

According to the report, the ice masses on the Himalayas have been thinning and retreating since global warming set in.

Fears of a global recession mounted this week, as a host of factors combined to send investors retreating to the safest havens they could find and forced policymakers to make plans to counteract a possible global economic slowdown.

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa. Its majestic snowy landscape attracts mountaineers from across the world. In recent times, the snowline at its peak has been retreating year-on-year owing to global warming.

The United States is retreating from Iraq after eight years of a war that has served no purpose other than destroying a country fighting its own war against Iran. Since nature hates vacuums, Iran has now taken the United States' place as predominant superpower in the region. Guess they've never heard of the phrase "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" on the other side of the Atlantic.

They're retreating.

Ziri started retreating from the noise of the concert.