retrieve
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In baggage claim, there were snaking lines of passengers with canceled flights trying to retrieve their bags.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
The most debated aspect of Section 702 is “U.S.-person queries,” in which analysts—in limited circumstances—can use an American’s name or other identifying details to retrieve data incidentally but lawfully collected under Section 702.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Rather than relying on astronauts to connect individual pieces, the robot uses an automated arm to retrieve structural tubes and connecting joints from nearby storage dispensers.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
Internal affairs investigators were tailing Meiser when he drove to retrieve the package from the woman at the gas station in Valencia, according to investigators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
I drop the comic, then bend quickly to retrieve it.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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First, the robotic arm retrieves structural components from their storage dispensers.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
The agent yells at the unidentified bystander and leaves him on the sidewalk while another agent retrieves the can from the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
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
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
Walter hauls the trunks away from the wall and retrieves Camel.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Because the material's magnetic behavior is linked to its electrical polarization, the stored information can also be retrieved magnetically.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
That is, it’s low if you go through the full process of having your eggs retrieved at 44, fertilized, and then an embryo implanted.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Several posts, which were retrieved through Google image cache, appeared on his now-deleted Instagram account the day of this week’s attack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
After three days of investigations, including using a bomb disposal team, police said Tuesday they had found no explosives in the vehicles, but they had retrieved a "quantity of petrol".
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
As we entered the building, Raizel retrieved a hammer from the scatter of tools lying in the corner.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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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 danger arises when people believe that the model is retrieving truth rather than generating likelihoods.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
In a video provided to the BBC by rescue officials, workers could be seen digging through a thick layer of black volcanic ash beneath a large rock and retrieving bone fragments.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
These cells are critical for storing and retrieving memories.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
We each defended our own target and attempted to prevent the other side from retrieving the sticks that had been thrown over.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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