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Her father is one of the men we are retrenching.

The company were able to retrench and hold on for some time.

Other members of the press added to the call to retrench.

He'd probably had to retrench his scale of living a good deal since the war.

He simply had his forces retrench while a new strategy was considered.

Most jobs have been lost because small businesses went under or retrenched.

But rather than retrench, the country turned a disaster into an opportunity.

How do most people need to retrench their thinking about spouse choice?

He was retrenched after five months, an experience that eventually led to him opening his own business.

The problems could force the company to retrench in many neighborhoods, both rich and poor.

"A lot of retailers saw that the hard way and retrenched."

The No. 1 auto maker has been retrenching for months.

They must retrench; that did not admit of a doubt.

The sites have been forced to retrench and may find it difficult to survive.

But then the bottom fell out of the credit market and the company was forced to retrench.

Short sellers have, after all, been retrenching since 1991, when the market's long bull run began.

"But sales did not rise, his costs were too much and he had to retrench on wages."

Those remaining are retrenching to meet the new demands of a changing market.

They have lost focus and should probably retrench around their enterprise offerings.

Department stores retrenched, focusing on fashion, but not even that worked.

Any enterprise that failed this test would be forced to retrench.

Companies that make goods for sale abroad have retrenched the most.

They tried to retrench, but the chain wound up in bankruptcy.

While the domestic market began growing, export-oriented companies were retrenching.

Since then the government has increasingly retrenched from a position of generally allowing more political freedom.