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While Flaisher was trying to obtain a second permit, members of Secret Handshake were working to retrieve their art.

Later on Wednesday, the Department of Education and C&K confirmed they had launched a successful recovery operation, and had retrieved the children's collections from the kindergarten.

From BBC

Abdel Aziz said he had gone to the camp – occupied by Israel's army since January – to retrieve family documents from his home there.

From BBC

During the conversation, court documents show Robinson told his partner he left a rifle wrapped in a towel in a bush and needed to retrieve it from a drop point.

According to text exchanges with his roommate, the rifle had belonged to his grandfather at one point, and Robinson seemed concerned he would be unable to retrieve it.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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