retrieve

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The research, published in Optica, Optica Publishing Group's journal for high-impact research, shows that this new technique can increase how much information is stored while also making it easier to retrieve.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

The exhumation was done after the police obtained a court order to retrieve 14 bodies that were initially believed to have been buried at the site.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

She said she decided not to file an appeal after a judge denied her asylum claim and that an ICE agent and a social worker were dispatched to Florida to retrieve the girls.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Moammar Gadhafi, the Libyan dictator, agreed in 2004 to turn over his nuclear-bomb-making material, Phoenix Air was sent to Tripoli to retrieve it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“Because if something goes wrong during the flight, we want you to land in a place that is easily accessible for Resilience to retrieve you,” Guardian says, answering Fly’s question again.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga