retake

Example Sentences

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Lots of grappling happens before the ball is in play, and a referee can do no more than stop the game and order a retake.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

If they fail, at any stage, they must start from the beginning to retake it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Draper could retake pole position immediately if he goes at least a round further than Norrie in Florida.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

At the convention that year in San Francisco, he predicted that in an era of Reaganomics, a Rainbow Coalition of ethnic and religious identities could retake the White House.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

If he didn’t like our grades on his tests, he made us study and retake the tests until we made better grades.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry