retrieve
Example Sentences
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The VA responded to a Freedom of Information Act request from a campus advocate for data with a demand for $20,004.36 in programming costs to retrieve the data.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
Early doesn’t run like the Wayans brothers, dressed like women, trying to retrieve a stolen purse in “White Chicks.”
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
Residents can currently book slots twice a day for accompanied visits to their homes to retrieve property.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
"They wanted to retrieve the body of a Catholic shepherd who had died of Ebola," the official said on condition of anonymity.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
Five minutes drifted by, then ten, then twenty; at last, the judge ordered the bailiff to retrieve them.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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