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return

[ri-turn] / rɪˈtɜrn /










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Their faces are pasted on walls and lampposts across Mexico, and demonstrators regularly hoist banners demanding the return of loved ones whose names are memorialized in chants.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The complaint states that Black feels “called by his faith to return to Broadview to pray for ICE officers there, but his experience requires him to overcome fear in order to do so.”

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Because the city’s homicide detectives were constantly responding to new murders, several weeks might pass before they could return their attention to an older case from the vault.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

A 6% annual return is another $7,900 lost in potential returns, but you may wish to worry less about that in your 70s.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

And I would never return to this country.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler