given back
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Also, it doesn’t always work: MP Materials is up only 6% net, having given back most of the gains from its post-intervention peak.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
He said when he insisted on it being given back, the officer handed it to him with the Palestinian flag cut out.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
The benchmark S&P 500 has given back around 3% since the first wave of U.S.-led attacks on Feb. 28, and now sits around 4.7% south of the all-time high it reached in late January.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
At one point, guns being kept in the residence were taken by police and later given back when someone living there petitioned for them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
And even if these scenes of our youth were given back to us we would hardly know what to do.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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