retrieve
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The report claims that when DseWiki's editors started deleting pages, the AI agents shared code designed to retrieve them.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
"I want to retrieve a few things, but it is not just about that," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Nitin Gupta, 31, watched a “quite big” marmot steal his hiking pole—then charge his girlfriend when she tried to retrieve it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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
To retrieve the astronaut safely, we had to make sure that we understood the exact place and time that space capsule would touch down.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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
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
The trend is also alive and well on TikTok, where the popular hashtag “adult ballet” retrieves countless videos of women documenting their progress in the dance form.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024
She retrieves her wallet from the depths of her purse.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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
Rescuers in Nepal have retrieved 1,385 bodies, while around 5,130 people are missing, according to the disaster agency on Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Furious, Byfield retrieved his arm and insisted on burying it properly.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 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
Odin stepped over the bodies of the giants, retrieved the whetstone of the gods, and placed it back in his pouch.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
That area plays a key role in forming and retrieving what scientists call episodic memories: memories of specific events and experiences in a person's life.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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
These cells are critical for storing and retrieving memories.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
I was never successful in retrieving water from that tank.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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