retrieve
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Seats that I painstakingly secured via a lengthy online chat disappeared by the time I arrived at the airport and I had to fight to retrieve them without paying a fee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Only 18 were flagged because the agent “did not have a sufficient factual basis to believe that the queries were reasonably likely to retrieve foreign intelligence information.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
He told reporters the operation to retrieve the wounded officer from “one of the toughest areas in Iran” was possible with a mix of “talent” and “luck.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
The research, published in Optica, Optica Publishing Group's journal for high-impact research, shows that this new technique can increase how much information is stored while also making it easier to retrieve.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
He bends down to retrieve it, and when he straightens and offers it to her, she seems surprised to see that he is smiling at her.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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