reclaim
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In the 1970s, Southern Utes began pushing to reclaim control of the mineral resources under their land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
On this week’s Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern chat with New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie to unpack how you, an everyday American, can reclaim constitutional power.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
He will not being doing that again, thus his renewed resolve to reclaim his throne.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Last year, he lost a legal challenge to reclaim money he was charged for bed and board during the 11 years he spent behind bars.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
I tried to reclaim some dignity by speaking more forcefully.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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He organizes inventory, reclaims screens and operates heavy manual and automatic presses to print tens of thousands of promotional shirts each year for customers including local breweries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
If the stock reclaims $47, it could move toward $57 by mid-2026, implying roughly 25% upside from current levels.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Before Harvard reclaims my Ph.D., let me lay out the merits of annuities.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
The Myanmar military says it has captured one of the most notorious scam compounds on the border with Thailand, as it reclaims key territory it lost in the ongoing civil war.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
The pain of my wounded leg reclaims me.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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She’s extremely interested in the ways problematic movies can be reclaimed by the real-life minority figures depicted in them, and what can be gleaned from studying these films’ merits.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Burger King has reclaimed the No. 2 spot among U.S. burger chains, bumping aside Wendy’s in terms of U.S. sales over the 12 months ended June 30, company filings show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Intrinsic to that same cut was the declaration that I’d reclaimed some part of myself, for myself, behind the bangs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Outside of acting, she designs jewelry under her brand, GreybyTamaraMello, creating pieces made exclusively from reclaimed metals.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
It’s got greenery around the sides and back and looks like it’s being reclaimed by nature.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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Kris is a queer filmmaker taking on the task of reclaiming the slasher horror film-within-the-film, “Camp Miasma,” rebooting it for the queer community to no longer be appalled by.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Las Vegas has done a phenomenal job in preserving and... reclaiming water," said Bruce Nelson, whose family has owned the lake's marina for almost 70 years.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
By using only part of the original painting and omitting the mission, I’m reclaiming space for Black and brown spirituality while acknowledging that this land existed long before colonization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
I generally prefer, as a strategic matter, an elevation of shared values—inclusive, connective, moral language such as reclaiming, rather than reinventing or discarding.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
He kept up, and she allowed him to advance before reclaiming the position.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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