retrieve
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"In some cases, the robots can also pick up items, retrieve them from the sea and neutralize them. That could be one viable solution for the future."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The Israeli military stated that its forces had entered the village to provide security for an Israeli civilian and police trying to retrieve livestock.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Lawyers on Wednesday discussed when John Overdeck could retrieve belongings from the couple’s Short Hills, N.J. home, where Laura Overdeck still lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"There was nothing else I could retrieve, but that photo also means a lot."
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Only then do I take a deep breath and retrieve the postcard from under my armpit.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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I asked Arora how Deep Cogito’s approach differs from other techniques such as retrieval-augmented generation, which retrieves relevant proprietary data and business context and provides it to an AI model at inference time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
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
Researchers have developed a new holographic data storage method that records and retrieves information in three dimensions by combining three key properties of light -- amplitude, phase and polarization.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 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
“I could’ve taken him,” Autumn signs, wincing as she retrieves her sword.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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In a press conference, coast guard spokesperson Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said most bodies had been retrieved from the sleeping area of the boat, which had been making a 22-hour journey.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Furious, Byfield retrieved his arm and insisted on burying it properly.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Daniel Vizcarra said a local golfer spotted the girl’s body floating down the Dominguez Channel on Tuesday and it was retrieved by deputies and firefighters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
“There you go,” he said as he retrieved a prize from the chute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Someone, though, retrieved one of Anna’s earrings from her body and brought it to Mollie’s mother, who was too ill to venture to the creek.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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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
During the initial searches, the French government had been responsible for investigating the crash and Brazilian forces took charge of retrieving the bodies.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
The danger arises when people believe that the model is retrieving truth rather than generating likelihoods.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
These cells are critical for storing and retrieving memories.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
Zero climbed down after him, retrieving the sack along the way.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
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