retrieve
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"After we managed to retrieve them and bury them, perhaps we can be partially relieved despite the pain of loss and all we're still living through."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
During testing, the models are given fictional scenarios and told that a piece of information has been hidden on a different machine, and its objective is to break in and retrieve it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Wan was one of the men who arrived at Simpson’s door in March 2025 and attempted, unsuccessfully, to retrieve the babies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The 57-year-old cleaning lady said the mayor of Zarzuela de Jadraque gave her just seconds to retrieve her papers and the medicines she needed before fleeing her village home.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Very occasionally, Uncle Kufa threw a stick into the stream for one of his dogs to retrieve.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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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 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
Kim retrieves a bowl full of water and puts it on the ground.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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The unit said initially that 77 people were rescued and 15 bodies retrieved.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Of the 10 percent who retrieved their frozen eggs, 34 percent became pregnant, and 29 percent had a live birth.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
They said they had retrieved as many bodies as they could immediately after the attack and were relieved to be able to give others a proper burial.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Shortly after, while visiting Hank and Marjorie, she retrieved their mail, including the purported water-company letter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
The robot’s computer brain retrieved information on the history of whaling, and she calculated the shark’s age to be over five hundred years.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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"Arthur is one of the best at retrieving balls and staying in the points," said Dimitrov's coach Jamie Delgado.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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
These cells are critical for storing and retrieving memories.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
The Librarian looks up and to the left like he’s retrieving something deep within his archived program.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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