retrieve
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He rushed back from a farmhouse holiday with friends, scrambling to retrieve the notes and textbooks he had already given to younger students in case he had to sit the exam again.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Wan was one of the men who arrived at Simpson’s door in March 2025 and attempted, unsuccessfully, to retrieve the babies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Apart from his disastrous testimony, Blake could not produce the three Vitello’s employees who, he claimed, saw him return to the restaurant to retrieve his gun while someone else shot his wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The 57-year-old cleaning lady said the mayor of Zarzuela de Jadraque gave her just seconds to retrieve her papers and the medicines she needed before fleeing her village home.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
It is asking me not to retrieve the drone.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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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 have developed a new holographic data storage method that records and retrieves information in three dimensions by combining three key properties of light -- amplitude, phase and polarization.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 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
Benno retrieves his books and never comes to class again.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Of the 10 percent who retrieved their frozen eggs, 34 percent became pregnant, and 29 percent had a live birth.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
On a recent day, Maurice LaFountain, Deep Fission’s senior engineering director, showed off pink-flecked granite retrieved from the company’s first test hole and joked that the billion-year-old rock would make a nice countertop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Police say the following was retrieved from the home, totaling about $2.1 million:
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Several artefacts retrieved from the ship's wreck are now due to go on display for the very first time at Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
She refused to listen to anything until after Bat had gone to Thor’s enclosure and retrieved the unicorn pajama top from the pile where Thor slept.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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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 efforts are fueling anxieties across the banking and asset-management industries, where legions of professionals spend much of their days retrieving and synthesizing information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 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 popped a bite into my mouth with my fingers, having forgotten to grab a fork at the mess hall, before retrieving the letter from my pocket.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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