retrieve

Example Sentences

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Two men, who came to retrieve the stretcher, saw inside Legacy's premises.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 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

She said she decided not to file an appeal after a judge denied her asylum claim and that an ICE agent and a social worker were dispatched to Florida to retrieve the girls.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

At one point, Arkapaw rushed off the engraving platform to retrieve her phone from an assistant to document the moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

This morning she was thinking about how to construct a device that could retrieve a rock after you had skipped it into the ocean.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket