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The energy provider used to be able to source equipment from within Ukraine, but now it has to scour the ret of Europe for replacement parts.

From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025

The priests removed the image and Anei Kur was ret.

From Time Magazine Archive

As indicated above, the All-Russian Congress of Soviets was ret for October 25th.

From From October to Brest-Litovsk by Leon Davidovich Trotzky

Got uh brother libin' ret on dis here street; one den toof doctors, yuh know, what pulls yer teef.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States, From Interviews with Former Slaves Virginia Narratives by Work Projects Administration

Uster go down dere, an' dem Yankees be sittin' all 'long de road wid dey blue coats; ret pretty site; 'twas.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States, From Interviews with Former Slaves Virginia Narratives by Work Projects Administration

He first hoped to ret his flax in the Bride river, as he had seen it retted on the Lys, but was dissuaded from making this trial and, instead, built a hot water rettery.

From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts

They are then "retted," or beaten, and the fibre is removed.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway

Both lots when retted and scutched were examined by an inspector of the department and by several flax spinners.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

In the Messaoria, about Ano and Kato Zodia, where flax is commonly grown, the plant is retted in the river Ovgos, which retains sufficient water usually until August.

From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by William Bevan

One part was retted at Millisle by the patent-system of Loppens and Deswarte; the other was sent to Courtrai and steeped in the Lys.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

Putrefaction attacks all kinds of vegetable tissue, and if this "retting" continues too long the desired fibre is decidedly injured by the softening effect of the fermentation.

From The Story of Germ Life by H. W. (Herbert William) Conn

For what purpose is linen subjected to retting?

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley

Blacksmiths, locksmiths, tool-makers sometimes express this state by saying the iron is retting, appropriating a word applied exclusively to hemp, which is reduced to pulp and fibre by maceration.

From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honoré de Balzac

I described to my boys as we went along the process of retting, and explained to them how steeping the flax leaves destroys the useless membrane, while the strong fibres remain.

From Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

The flax of the country provided excellent raw material, notably in the region of the Lys, whose water was specially suitable for retting.

From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Emile Cammaerts