retrieve
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Apart from his disastrous testimony, Blake could not produce the three Vitello’s employees who, he claimed, saw him return to the restaurant to retrieve his gun while someone else shot his wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Their daughters ran to a cafe to retrieve the life jacket and flotation ring used by Craig, who said: "I think the floating devices have to be closer to the front of the shore."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The 57-year-old cleaning lady said the mayor of Zarzuela de Jadraque gave her just seconds to retrieve her papers and the medicines she needed before fleeing her village home.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
An alumnus stomped down the road in his blazer to St John’s to retrieve the plate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Her dress-cloth untied and fell into the murky water sloshing around her feet, but she couldn’t take the time to retrieve it.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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Apple needs to “evolve Siri into an agent that understands intent, retrieves context, calls apps and completes workflows,” Bank of America analyst Wamsi Mohan wrote in a note last week.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
OpenAI, meanwhile, says it has shipped an update for Plus and Pro users that improves how memory finds and retrieves details.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
It is also a gesture of trust; the person holding the mic treats the responsibility as sacred and does not move until Cave retrieves the microphone a few bars later.
From Salon ● May 13, 2025
LVO strokes are major medical emergencies and require the swift treatment with mechanical thrombectomy, a surgical procedure that retrieves the blockage.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024
She pours some coffee from a full carafe, but instead of offering me some, she reaches right through my navel and retrieves the milk from somewhere behind me in the refrigerator.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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Of the 10 percent who retrieved their frozen eggs, 34 percent became pregnant, and 29 percent had a live birth.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Egg freezing involves stimulating the ovaries with hormone injections before mature eggs are surgically retrieved and preserved for possible future use through in vitro fertilization.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
They said they had retrieved as many bodies as they could immediately after the attack and were relieved to be able to give others a proper burial.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
This was what Lincoln, his most powerful reader, retrieved during the Union’s death struggle with secession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Ella riffled through her satchel and retrieved a book almost the size of her.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Some ship owners may be reluctant to let their vessels return to such a volatile region after finally retrieving them, experts say.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
The danger arises when people believe that the model is retrieving truth rather than generating likelihoods.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
In a video provided to the BBC by rescue officials, workers could be seen digging through a thick layer of black volcanic ash beneath a large rock and retrieving bone fragments.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
These cells are critical for storing and retrieving memories.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
“Not anymore. I know this journey started with you retrieving your grandmother’s dashiki, but you’ve fallen into a story with consequences that can affect the entire world.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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