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  1. rollback, push backverb

    the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw

    Synonyms:
    rollback

  2. repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat backverb

    cause to move back by force or influence

    "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"

    Synonyms:
    tug, push, gross out, aim, force, rebuff, repel, drive, labour, revolt, take, repulse, motor, fight off, disgust, get, drive back, ride, labor, ram, beat back, snub, force back

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  1. Graham Webster:

    There are real privacy and cyber concerns with Chinese companies using apps, but this is not what's going on. If Paul Triolo wanted to deal with that, Paul Triolo'd have a much broader and more technical approach, i could see intense lobbying on the part of Paul Triolo businesses. People are going to push back on this and the administration has a history of delaying and modifying.

  2. Julie Gunlock:

    If Meghan Markle really wanted to be provocative and challenge people's views, she would push back on men who abandon their wives, partners, and children and reject the destructive narrative that tells boys and young men that theirnatural behaviors are inappropriate, toxic, dangerous, and in need of reform, markle thinks she's produced something new, but she's done nothing original or even interesting. Masculine behaviors in boys and young men and traditional fatherhood aren't the problem. What is a problem in this society ischildren growing up without fathers and boys being told they are inherently bad or damaged.

  3. Maxine Waters:

    If you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd, and you push back on them. And you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere. We've got to get the children connected to their parents.

  4. The Record website:

    The Barrier Breakers 2016 digital task force will serve as a resource for supporters looking for positive content and push-back to share with their online progressive communities, as well as thanking prominent supporters and committed superdelegates on social media.

  5. Mark Carney:

    That creates real risks that foreign entities could access Canadian data, deploy AI products that shape Canadian lives without reflecting our values, and tilt the playing field against Canadian firms - while Canada lacks the leverage to push back or the ability to control.


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