take back

Example Sentences

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It shouldn’t take months, let alone years, to take back control of public spaces, and Pratt’s criticism is warranted, no doubt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

"If they take back Timbuktu and the other towns, I can go home."

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

After her divorce, she hired a new adviser—a woman—who helped her take back control of her financial life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Russia has never helped NPT nonweapons states make nuclear fuel; it sells them Russian enriched fuel and offers to take back their plutonium-laden spent fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Now the Soviets began to prepare to take back the eastern region of Belorussia from German occupation.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein