retrieve

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A military operation to retrieve the material would be easier if the US knew exactly where the stockpile was, said Jason Campbell, a former senior US defence official in the Obama and Trump administrations.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 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

The informant excused himself to head upstairs to retrieve the money, a signal for Haitian police commandos to storm in.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

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