reclaim
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Apple’s roughly 15% gain on the month helped it reclaim its title as the world’s most valuable company on Friday, while Meta climbed 14.7% in July, according to FactSet data.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026
As their impatience grows, the window for Odysseus to reclaim his kingdom and restore a crumbling world to Zeus’ law — essentially open-hearted hospitality and treating others as you’d be treated — is closing.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
The villagers, however, say they will return next summer, determined to reclaim at least a patch of sky.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
He’s spent his time back home playing video games and going to the movie theater with his siblings, trying to reclaim his summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Edna laughed and Olanna laughed along, but already she was thinking that perhaps she did need to talk to somebody, somebody neutral who would help her reclaim herself, deal with the stranger she had become.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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He organizes inventory, reclaims screens and operates heavy manual and automatic presses to print tens of thousands of promotional shirts each year for customers including local breweries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
If the stock reclaims $47, it could move toward $57 by mid-2026, implying roughly 25% upside from current levels.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Before Harvard reclaims my Ph.D., let me lay out the merits of annuities.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
In Qiu’s vision, the project reclaims dead space in the middle of bustling neighborhoods for the public good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
Everywhere throughout New England you find old, tumbledown field walls, often in the middle of the deepest, most settled-looking woods—a reminder of just how swiftly nature reclaims the land in America.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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Although the stock slipped below support on April 1, it reclaimed the $100 level on June 5 with a strong 4.5% gain.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
“The estate is adorned with thousands of hand-selected vintage Chicago bricks and a mix of reclaimed materials that define its unmistakable character,” a previous listing description revealed.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Hockney wrested the title from Jeff Koons, who reclaimed it the following year, when his “Rabbit” sculpture sold for $91 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
For the time being, vinyl records made from reclaimed materials are the best that companies like Swanson’s can do, though they’re are always on the lookout for other, viable options for improving their footprint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Most had vanished in the hills, never to be reclaimed.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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Hizarci, a German Muslim with Turkish parents, says that reclaiming that personal connection is key to preserving the memory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
In other words, to view a Shih piece is to collaborate with the artist on reconstructing or, in some cases, reclaiming an understanding of place and self.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
“What’s to stop North Carolina from taking back the Wright Flyer or New York from reclaiming the Hope diamond?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
"For many women, breast reduction is about reclaiming comfort, safety, confidence and ownership over your own body."
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
The Greek Army, encouraged by the Allied Nations, had invaded western Turkey in 1919, reclaiming the ancient Greek territory in Asia Minor.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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