reclaim
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Fast-food chains have discounted aggressively in an effort to reclaim those customers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Centennial had a chance to reclaim the lead with 2:30 left in the game, when its last drive ended in a missed field goal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
He didn’t know it at the time, but U.S. law enforcement was already on the trail of a trove of stolen crypto that would give him another chance to reclaim his lost funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Some also described sleeping on airport floors and chaos at baggage reclaim as thousands looked to reorganise their plans, while others have been stranded abroad while trying to get back to the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Before they left, the man of the family entrusted my father with the key to their apartment, never doubting that he and his family would soon return to reclaim it.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
But then a new generation rediscovers and reclaims it, until suddenly it’s being rebooted by a “Sundance wunderkind.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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
The pain of my wounded leg reclaims me.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
They have reclaimed their number one ranking from India.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Rudy now spends some of his reclaimed time binge-watching TV with his wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Nationwide, 95 percent of all incumbents reclaimed their seats in 2024.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Bitcoin has broken its intermediate downtrend, reclaimed important moving averages and pushed through resistance on stronger volume.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Her underground prison waned as the darkness reclaimed it.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
That would come partly by reclaiming roughly 6,000 broker-held season tickets for single-game sales, which would raise average single-game ticket prices from $217 to $361.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Kris is a queer filmmaker taking on the task of reclaiming the slasher horror film-within-the-film, “Camp Miasma,” rebooting it for the queer community to no longer be appalled by.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
By using only part of the original painting and omitting the mission, I’m reclaiming space for Black and brown spirituality while acknowledging that this land existed long before colonization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
I generally prefer, as a strategic matter, an elevation of shared values—inclusive, connective, moral language such as reclaiming, rather than reinventing or discarding.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
We'd been so close to tragedy, and yet here we were, reclaiming our lives.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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