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retrieve

[ri-treev] / rɪˈtriv /


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To retrieve a lost Lululemon credit card holder.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

"The Germans are further ahead with this than we are in Denmark. They sometimes retrieve explosives from the wrecks and neutralize them, but doing so is very costly," she notes.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

The head of one local village council, Yuri Tkachev, was among volunteers who went to retrieve the bodies of civilians, from the streets or from nearby fields.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

With two outs, Dodgers baserunners were going on contact and all three crossed the plate before Cardinals first baseman Alec Burleson could retrieve the ball and throw it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

“It’s back there at the bottom of the sea, and we don’t have Percy to retrieve it.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Apple needs to “evolve Siri into an agent that understands intent, retrieves context, calls apps and completes workflows,” Bank of America analyst Wamsi Mohan wrote in a note last week.

From MarketWatch Jun. 6, 2026

OpenAI, meanwhile, says it has shipped an update for Plus and Pro users that improves how memory finds and retrieves details.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

Researchers found that astrocytes in this area play a direct role in how the brain learns what to fear, retrieves those memories, and importantly, learns when those fears are no longer relevant.

From Science Daily Apr. 4, 2026

It is also a gesture of trust; the person holding the mic treats the responsibility as sacred and does not move until Cave retrieves the microphone a few bars later.

From Salon May 13, 2025

And then in a move that’s remarkably similar to old, competent mom, she retrieves some duct tape from a drawer and sits down next to the basket ready to do some reconstructive surgery.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

Furious, Byfield retrieved his arm and insisted on burying it properly.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

Daniel Vizcarra said a local golfer spotted the girl’s body floating down the Dominguez Channel on Tuesday and it was retrieved by deputies and firefighters.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri spoke to a local, who is still waiting for his his wife's body to be retrieved as rescue efforts continue.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

“There you go,” he said as he retrieved a prize from the chute.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

And after all the bargaining was done, the men went around and retrieved those knives because they were quite valuable.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

RAG is useful for retrieving facts, but lacks the capacity for intuitive expertise, according to Arora.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Rikardsen then waited eight hours for the bear to move away before retrieving the camera and reviewing the images.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Some ship owners may be reluctant to let their vessels return to such a volatile region after finally retrieving them, experts say.

From MarketWatch Jun. 1, 2026

The danger arises when people believe that the model is retrieving truth rather than generating likelihoods.

From Salon May 12, 2026

Is he retrieving information or planning a lie?

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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