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

The first, according to Bryn Talkington, managing partner at Requisite Capital Management, will be the ability to retake the S&P 500’s 200-day moving average, a key performance metric used by technical analysts on Wall Street.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 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

Let the wolves have back their gloomy woods and retake the open sea.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin