retrieve
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When the website's editors noticed and started deleting pages, the agents shared code designed to retrieve them.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
If you have time, retrieve original documents from the freezer before you evacuate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
To retrieve a lost Lululemon credit card holder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"My friend and neighbours live in this building. I came to help my friend retrieve some clothes and mattresses. He currently has no shelter or home," Mohannad al-Mashharawi told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
I retrieve the carrots and begin dividing them between the plates.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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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
Researchers found that astrocytes in this area play a direct role in how the brain learns what to fear, retrieves those memories, and importantly, learns when those fears are no longer relevant.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 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
“We’ll stay here with you, Annabelle, until we get past what you’re feeling right now. We aren’t going anywhere,” Gina says as she retrieves a wad of TP from the bathroom and blows her nose.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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Several posts, which were retrieved through Google image cache, appeared on his now-deleted Instagram account the day of this week’s attack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Indeed, I had blocked out most memories of that 2004 Fox reality train wreck until Carr’s documentary reached into my mind’s cobwebby attic and retrieved its cabinet of horrors.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
In Nepal, rescuers have retrieved 1,355 bodies, while around 4,996 people are missing, according to the disaster agency.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
That afternoon, they retrieved their buried money, and that night in the loft, they stashed some in their shoes, some in their pockets, and some in their backpacks.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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It was tasked with retrieving information from software operated by a fictional company inside the testing environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Rikardsen then waited eight hours for the bear to move away before retrieving the camera and reviewing the images.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
The other end of the spear had a nylon cord attached to it for retrieving.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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