recover

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Missions to recover downed US pilots have been rare in recent decades.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Any effort by Iran to recover highly enriched uranium—what Trump calls “nuclear dust”—buried under rubble after strikes on three nuclear sites last June could take months, Trump said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

“When he makes a mistake, how quickly can he recover? What’s his range in the open field? What’s the speed differential? All those things are things we’re looking through on just about everybody out there.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

But while previous storms have blown over, there is increasing anxiety among some US allies that this time the damage might be harder to recover from.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Up in Quincy, Abigail reiterated her abiding sense that Jefferson could be trusted to recover his earlier intimacy with her husband.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis