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When asked why Halliburton didn't order a halt to the operations if BP's actions were unsafe, Roth backpeddled, saying, "We didn't see it to be an unsafe operation as it was being executed."
Robert L. Cavnar: BP's Internal Report Doesn't Hold Up Under Academy Scrutiny Robert L. Cavnar 2010
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Then when I pointed out that you were a leech you backpeddled.
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She and her campaign and her husband and child have backpeddled and twisted the rules so many times it is a crying shame.
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After blocking a 47-yard field-goal attempt, Devin Giles picked up the ball, danced around, broke the grasp of a tackler, backpeddled, danced around some more before pitching it to Chima Nwachukwu, who fumbled in front of the Cougars coach Paul Wulff.
USATODAY.com 2008
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A few weeks later, Eick emphatically backpeddled from that.
Ron Moore Speaks 2010
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Twitter has just announced that they are killing outbound SMS messaging in Canada due to exorbitant and constant rate hikes from Canadian cell providers (former Industry Minister Jim Prentice vowed to get tough on SMS price gouging, then backpeddled).
Boing Boing 2008
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Big Pharma is willing to spill this kind of cash because they know Obama's reform will pay out big time for them in the end, primarily because Obama has backpeddled on his promise to allow the government to negotiate Medicare drug prices.
Allison Kilkenny: If Private Industry Loves Obama's Health Care Plan, Americans Will Hate It 2009
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He backpeddled slightly after making the remarks just as his wife did in the video.
Michelle Obama: "I'd Have To Think About" Supporting Hillary As Nominee 2009
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Biden has already backpeddled on pursuing Bush et al by Brett Paatsch on Saturday, Sep 13, 2008 at 9: 25: 07 PM
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When called on it, he backpeddled, saying that her nurses “thought they could give her therapy.”
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