retrieve
Example Sentences
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After a round in September and February, the couple managed to retrieve six embryos and hope to take part in the same programme.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
It can also retrieve and summarize information, and many students use the technology to help with studying or schoolwork.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Seats that I painstakingly secured via a lengthy online chat disappeared by the time I arrived at the airport and I had to fight to retrieve them without paying a fee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Only 18 were flagged because the agent “did not have a sufficient factual basis to believe that the queries were reasonably likely to retrieve foreign intelligence information.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
He sagged, considering the risks of trying to retrieve it from Fernlight tomorrow.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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