Cover
Retreats
Both words in one sentence
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Thereafter Sickle retreats under the car for cover, as the stream of gold bars that Tony is sending out of the museum batter the car into a shapeless wreck.
Source: Film / Escape to Witch Mountain -
Furthermore, while they are programmed to place grenades on the ground to cover their retreats, you can shoot them in the act, breaking that bit of programming and causing them to shoot back instead, instantly forgetting all about the armed grenade there is right beneath their own feet.
Source: Video Game / Half-Life - They rarely move independently from each other, cover each other's advances and retreats, flank you from different directions, and even forcibly open your guard for the other's follow-up attack.
Source: Artificial Brilliance
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