get back

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By 2018, it was trying to get back into the cancer-drug business, though an early deal in that effort, the 2019 acquisition of Tesaro, disappointed investors because sales of a key drug have been sluggish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The upshot is that holders will get back $50 a share if Alphabet common stock is between roughly $360 a share and around $440 a share—the terms are slightly different on the two issues.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Why has it taken her a decade and a death to get back to the place where all the pivotal moments of her girlhood took place?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The company's first-generation model, Phantom MK-1, which I am shown, doesn't have a battery, isn't dust or waterproof and can't get back up if it falls.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

When I get back home, Mom’s in the kitchen, pouring herself coffee.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison