As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
BACKPEDALING
Verb
backpedaling
(US) present participle of backpedal
Noun
backpedaling (plural backpedalings)
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
Source: Wiktionary
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19 April 2025
CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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