recovered

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Over that period, stores sold almost 1.3 million guns to traffickers that were subsequently recovered in a crime, according to an Everytown analysis of ATF statistics.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Police searching for an 11-year-old boy who went missing after entering the River Don in South Yorkshire have recovered a body.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Most Iraqi Jews never recovered their faith in their neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Using water from Utah's Great Salt Lake, the team successfully recovered about 50 percent of the lithium contained in the salts remaining after desalination.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

They were jealous of Baba’s carpentry skills, which earned a higher pay than their work of laying bricks, and of how quickly his rice harvest had recovered.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins