retrieve
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Brahms went so far as to retrieve letters he’d written to friends and destroy them, erasing the past “so far as he can.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
If you have time, retrieve original documents from the freezer before you evacuate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Top Boy actor Nkechi Simms poses on the front of the Observer, telling of her "quest to retrieve her care files".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Alongside the pearled axons, they found evidence of ultrafast endocytosis, a process through which nerve endings quickly retrieve membrane after releasing chemical messages.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
I drop the comic, then bend quickly to retrieve it.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Apple needs to “evolve Siri into an agent that understands intent, retrieves context, calls apps and completes workflows,” Bank of America analyst Wamsi Mohan wrote in a note last week.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
OpenAI, meanwhile, says it has shipped an update for Plus and Pro users that improves how memory finds and retrieves details.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Researchers found that astrocytes in this area play a direct role in how the brain learns what to fear, retrieves those memories, and importantly, learns when those fears are no longer relevant.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026
It is also a gesture of trust; the person holding the mic treats the responsibility as sacred and does not move until Cave retrieves the microphone a few bars later.
From Salon ● May 13, 2025
Walter hauls the trunks away from the wall and retrieves Camel.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Much of what’s inside was retrieved from a dumpster, or scavenged before it landed in one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Asking, “When was my son’s dentist appointment?” pulled the date from a text reminder, while “What’s my passport number?” retrieved the data from Photos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
They retrieved the bodies of Nadhira Al Harthy, the first Omani woman to climb Everest, and Pur Bahadur Gurung, a Nepalese climber who had summited 12 of the world's 14 highest peaks.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Furious, Byfield retrieved his arm and insisted on burying it properly.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Jessie retrieved her list of things to do for Christmas Eve dinner and examined it while listening to the sounds of her family awakening upstairs.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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It was tasked with retrieving information from software operated by a fictional company inside the testing environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
IVF involves stimulating the ovaries to produce eggs, retrieving them, fertilising them in a laboratory and then implanting the resulting embryo back into the womb.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Some ship owners may be reluctant to let their vessels return to such a volatile region after finally retrieving them, experts say.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
The danger arises when people believe that the model is retrieving truth rather than generating likelihoods.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
Is he retrieving information or planning a lie?
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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