retake
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Chicago went on a 13-5 run as Brink left the game to retake a nine-point lead that would hold for the rest of the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The unrest began after the leak of a medical entrance examination paper that forced more than two million candidates to retake the test.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
With S&P 500 futures on the rise early Tuesday, the index may be able to retake its key 50-day moving average, viewed as an important technical level.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Sam Burgin also passed the exam after being instructed to retake it, but shares other people’s frustration over the lack of clear information from the DMV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Moody had failed a pop quiz on Jane Eyre and had stayed after to retake it.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
He did see a silver lining: “If there is a positive for Mr. Bhusri as he retakes the CEO role, it’s that sentiment towards Workday is pretty much at an all-time low.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026
The machines are retrofitted to accept credit cards and Apple Pay, but otherwise the technology is original on the old machines — which means no retakes and a 3-to-5-minute wait for image processing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025
The ceremony marks the moment that the Catholic church retakes possession of the cathedral, ahead of the first mass to be celebrated on Sunday.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
He moves up, asks her to take a step back and retakes the photo.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2024
The waste itself is beyond belief—sometimes four and five cameras on a scene, retakes upon the slightest provocation, even sets rebuilt because some minor detail fails to suit the artistic eye of the director.
From The Film Mystery by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
With the state report complete, and vigilante sabotage ruled out, Mulholland retook the inquest stand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
On Dec. 13, 1944, 1,619 Allied POWs, mostly Americans, were loaded onto the Oryoku Maru in Manila as the Japanese rushed to move prisoners to labor camps elsewhere before the Americans retook the islands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
When Elvis retook the stage in 1969, he hadn’t performed before a live audience in nine years and he’d gotten a little uncool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
Sadat, who herself has been living in Germany since Taliban authorities retook power in 2021, said that trawling through locations outside Afghanistan was something she had been used to for a long time.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
At the eleven-hundred-meter mark, Germany retook the lead from Italy.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
But even if the keeper had stayed on his line, the penalty would still have been retaken.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Additionally, Arcuri said he doesn’t think Intel would’ve retaken ownership of the Ireland fab if it didn’t have “a good line of sight over potential foundry wins.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026
Zelensky said his military had retaken some 115 square miles of territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Army-aligned forces had announced on Wednesday that they had retaken several cities south of El-Obeid from the RSF.
From Barron's ● Jan. 4, 2026
He’d lost both his front teeth two weeks after picture day last fall, and for some reason Mom wouldn’t agree to let him have his picture retaken just because of that.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Should they fail to retake the test within a month of receiving the letter, or fail the test upon retaking it, their license will be revoked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
In the age of drones and portable antiship missiles, retaking the Strait of Hormuz would be anything but simple, but not impossible, military experts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
Sabalenka was stunned in the final 12 months ago by Madison Keys and has said that retaking her Melbourne crown was her number one priority, calling it "trophy or nothing".
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
But the Wildcats countered with 10-0 and 7-0 runs on the way to retaking the lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
“But I have received a memo from Mrs. Baker wondering whether you would profit by retaking that course.”
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
