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CD&R’s aggressive debt transaction in label maker Multi-Color’s chapter 11 case earlier this year allowed the private-equity firm to retain a stake in the reorganized business but left some lenders facing steep losses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

As CO2 increases, the body can retain additional bicarbonate to help keep blood pH stable.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

Now their country, which is lower than sea level, finds itself, in an era of global warming, facing a dilemma: how to retain water while protecting themselves from it?

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

O'Neill had hoped to retain Engels until after their Champions League play-off against LASK, with the first leg next Wednesday.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Exception 2.—Words ending in oe retain the e to preserve the sound of the root: as, shoe + ing = shoeing; hoe + ing = hoeing.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

It remains to be seen if a successful move for Bouaddi would impact City's interest in Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez, but well-placed sources maintain that manager Enzo Maresca retains a strong interest in the Argentina midfielder.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

It retains an “underperform” call on Helia, but lifts its price target by 5.6%, to A$3.80/share, partly to reflect the capital returns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Jefferies retains an underperform call on Bank of Queensland and lifts its price target by 0.7% to A$5.68/share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Even now, Cole says she retains "some residual shame" about her condition and wants to live in a world where people can "tic freely" without embarrassment.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

It retains the right to secede at will.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

The Brewers are the small-market overachievers, who somehow have retained their little-engine-that-could persona despite owning the best regular-season record in baseball last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Flock is cutting the number of days most data is retained, from 30 days to seven and abnormal searches and uses will also automatically be flagged.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

"Expansion and straightening cause water to drain away into the North Sea and Baltic Sea even faster, rather than being retained in the surrounding area."

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

In testing, the material retained 85% of its performance after 150,000 severe voltage cycles.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

The plantings in the gardens still retained their linearity and rectitude of bloom; but a chicken-house was mere ash, and the windows of the mansion were broken.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

After commanding the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, Washington voluntarily surrendered his military commission to Congress rather than retaining control of the army.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

"For several years the two popes and their supporters fought for control of Rome, with Honorius retaining powerful backing from the Holy Roman Empire and attracting support elsewhere in northern Europe."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

They have little problem attracting and retaining elite centre-backs and goalkeepers but the scarcity is more obvious further forward, where the most coveted attackers and attacking midfielders still often choose elsewhere.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The startup shrank from 70 employees to 15, retaining only a small group to rebuild around an AI-focused product.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Someone would have to keep his wits, and he had assumed automatically that since Fezzik had so few, he would find retaining them not all that difficult.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman