retrieve

Example Sentences

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The group then moves on to older sites, retrieving memory cards and replacing batteries installed weeks earlier.

From BBC

Jack Propeck, of Mission Viejo, is charged with one count of delivering or retrieving a person or object by parachute, helicopter or other airborne means, according to a complaint filed Dec. 12 in U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

She refused to listen to anything until after Bat had gone to Thor’s enclosure and retrieved the unicorn pajama top from the pile where Thor slept.

From Literature

After she led him inside, he filled a bowl with warm water and dish soap, and after she’d retrieved her nail file and polish, he’d instructed her to put her hands into the water.

From Literature

I wished I could retrieve my backpack from the master—if he still had it.

From Literature