returned

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Returned shoes that are lightly or never worn get refurbished, and those too worn to fix get written off.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Returned to a household of which he has no memory, the veteran experiences many emotions: wariness, attraction, love and lingering fear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Returned samples may also help explain why the Moon’s two faces are so different.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 23, 2024

—Michael Ephraim, Jurupa Hills: Returned a fumble 31 yards for a touchdown in a Division 8 win over Charter Oak.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2023

After Sophie Mol’s funeral, when Estha was Returned, their father sent him to a boys’ school in Calcutta.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy