retrieve
Example Sentences
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They can print documents, buy concert tickets, ship parcels, and retrieve online shopping orders from automated kiosks.
From Barron's
Although South Korea has strict gun control laws and private ownership is rare, with firearms typically stored at police stations, authorities will temporarily bar civilians from retrieving them.
From BBC
Prisoner swaps -- and the exchange of remains of dead soldiers retrieved from the battlefield -- are one of the only areas of cooperation between Moscow and Kyiv.
From Barron's
We retrieved the rope, and Mr. George Keating went on his way, no doubt to spread the word.
From Literature
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He realized that to retrieve them she must have crossed the river again.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.