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retrieve

[ri-treev] / rɪˈtriv /


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The Israeli military stated that its forces had entered the village to provide security for an Israeli civilian and police trying to retrieve livestock.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Lawyers on Wednesday discussed when John Overdeck could retrieve belongings from the couple’s Short Hills, N.J. home, where Laura Overdeck still lives.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

"There was nothing else I could retrieve, but that photo also means a lot."

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

"And I see this a lot in my patients, where they can only retrieve negative information from their memories."

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

“Ye were asked to retrieve what was most important.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

I asked Arora how Deep Cogito’s approach differs from other techniques such as retrieval-augmented generation, which retrieves relevant proprietary data and business context and provides it to an AI model at inference time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

The researchers conclude that tau should be viewed not only as a protein involved in Alzheimer's disease, but also as a fundamental regulator of how the brain organizes, stores, and retrieves lasting memories.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

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

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

In Las Anonas, the Red Cross retrieves a seventeen-year- old Honduran boy who lost his left leg.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Furious, Byfield retrieved his arm and insisted on burying it properly.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

In Nepal, rescuers have retrieved 1,341 bodies, while around 4,996 people remain missing, according to the disaster agency.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Daniel Vizcarra said a local golfer spotted the girl’s body floating down the Dominguez Channel on Tuesday and it was retrieved by deputies and firefighters.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri spoke to a local, who is still waiting for his his wife's body to be retrieved as rescue efforts continue.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Quietly, Renn retrieved the bows and brushed off the wet.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

These cells are critical for storing and retrieving memories.

From Science Daily May 3, 2026

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said retrieving Iran’s uranium stockpile is a U.S. priority, but February negotiations failed.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

“Actually, yeah. I do,” I said back, retrieving the ball from the grass.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley




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