reclaim
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Nine months after an injury ended his reign as flyweight champion in just 26 seconds, the Brazilian returned to the Octagon to try to reclaim the belt that slipped away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 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
The statue tells the story of Tiananmen, said Galschiot, who has for years sought to reclaim his work.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
They weren't able to reclaim their luggage but have since booked onto a new flight.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
As if on cue, my mother grips my elbow as Mallory rushes past her to reclaim her spot.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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
Caramon, a company that reclaims old memory from decommissioned servers for PCs, is benefiting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
The Myanmar military says it has captured one of the most notorious scam compounds on the border with Thailand, as it reclaims key territory it lost in the ongoing civil war.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 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
Nationwide, 95 percent of all incumbents reclaimed their seats in 2024.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Burger King has reclaimed the No. 2 spot among U.S. burger chains, bumping aside Wendy’s in terms of U.S. sales over the 12 months ended June 30, company filings show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Intrinsic to that same cut was the declaration that I’d reclaimed some part of myself, for myself, behind the bangs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
During the day, the bathroom was our playhouse, until the men came home from work and reclaimed it, filling the air with the humid scent of Palmolive soap.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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
"Las Vegas has done a phenomenal job in preserving and... reclaiming water," said Bruce Nelson, whose family has owned the lake's marina for almost 70 years.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 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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