reclaim
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Under this view, restoring nature often means allowing trees to reclaim open areas or planting forests where they no longer exist.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
Ipswich's Wardley, 31, suffered the first defeat of his professional career that night but immediately activated his rematch clause in a bid to reclaim his world title.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
These little fellas represent a departure from all of that: cuddly digital pals whose highest calling is to help you reclaim some of your time.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
In his first on-the-record interview about his rocky 33 months running Disney, Chapek said Bob Iger campaigned to undermine him and eventually reclaim the helm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
She’d seen my feet flailing, trying to reclaim my balance.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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He organizes inventory, reclaims screens and operates heavy manual and automatic presses to print tens of thousands of promotional shirts each year for customers including local breweries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 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
Having come off the bench at the halfway stage against France, Zander Fagerson reclaims his place from D'Arcy Rae.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
Everywhere throughout New England you find old, tumbledown field walls, often in the middle of the deepest, most settled-looking woods—a reminder of just how swiftly nature reclaims the land in America.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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Foid, like the rest of incel language, has become something of a reclaimed meme to the wider masses.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
He famously reclaimed the heavyweight title in 1994 at age 45, becoming the oldest boxer to win a world heavyweight championship.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Third Army Corps also says it has recently reclaimed about 68 square miles in the direction of Lyman, a city in the Donetsk region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
They have reclaimed their number one ranking from India.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
After Napoleon’s defeat the papacy reclaimed the files, but many disappeared on the return journey, probably sold for recycling to cover expenses.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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For Espinoza, that liberation meant reclaiming a femininity she had once feared, by drawing from drag culture and the ’80s vogue tradition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Microsoft is close to reclaiming a $4 trillion market cap — and fresh records are also in sight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Kerr smashed the 27-year mile world record at the London Diamond League and won Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow this summer, after beginning an outstanding year by reclaiming the world indoor 3,000m title.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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
“Your husband did not state an unequivocal no? He did not lead the defendant to believe that no hope existed for the reclaiming of his family’s land?”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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