retrieve
Example Sentences
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She returned to Diggs’ house Dec. 9 to retrieve personal belongings and he instructed her to speak with his assistant about getting paid, she told police.
From Los Angeles Times
The family was helped by the fire service to retrieve medication from the flat, but seeing the damage was traumatic, said Ms Wood.
From BBC
Cal Fire crews used a rope system to retrieve the body of the swimmer, clad in a black-and-blue wetsuit, from a remote stretch of beach south of Davenport, according to officials.
From Los Angeles Times
“Every interaction drives the need to retrieve, process, and store more data.”
From Barron's
John Coale was attending an event at the British Embassy in Washington when the State Department called, with a request: Could he go to Belarus and retrieve a political prisoner with an American passport?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
