extract
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Khalil’s colleagues began a desperate race to coordinate the entry of Red Cross responders to bring out the victims of the first attack and extract the two journalists, who had sheltered again in the house.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
The practice of harvesting search history and personal data reaches far beyond the airline industry, Owens said, and corporations across all industries use “personal data against consumers to extract maximum profit.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
To extract this information, the researchers proposed three complementary measurement techniques within a single framework.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
The most complicated case of the finale episode comes when a patient needs emergency surgery to extract her baby, then a second team in the room works to save the oxygen-starved newborn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Three renowned scientists promptly traveled to New Mexico and watched Figgins’s team brush away the dirt from the point and extract it from the gully.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing extract
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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