retrieval
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It also confirmed that "advanced critical care" was delivered by the emergency medical retrieval and transfer service, which arrived by helicopter, before the patient was driven to hospital.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Freezing your eggs is an expensive procedure that costs somewhere in the region of $20,000 per retrieval.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Delay in information retrieval, such as the name of an acquaintance, a movie, or a famous person, becomes more common as one gets older and does not necessarily signal an underlying memory problem.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
"Currently, we are focused on the retrieval, and after that we will proceed with the investigation," she said, confirming the bodies had been found in the ship's economy accommodation area.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Ridgeway worked retrieval, heading north when constables sent word they’d captured a runaway from Virginia or North Carolina.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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It not only covered more services than other states, including three egg retrievals and unlimited embryo transfers, it covered them for more people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
From what I know about egg retrievals, it seems entirely plausible that this will be the case for you.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
Giordano spent his son’s college graduation glued to his phone, coordinating the first wave of retrievals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
"To determine the abundances of molecules in Wolf 1130C, I used a modeling technique known as atmospheric retrievals," said Gonzales.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2025
The women she spoke with endured the pain of the retrievals, sometimes even going back for more, because they longed for a baby.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2023
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