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retrieve

[ri-treev] / rɪˈtriv /


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It can also retrieve and summarize information, and many students use the technology to help with studying or schoolwork.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

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

A recovery team including Navy personnel is waiting to retrieve the crew, expected to splash down near San Diego.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Special operations forces that are trained to handle nuclear material would then be sent in to retrieve the enriched uranium.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Of course, we also had to figure out how to bring him down and land him in a specific place so that the navy could retrieve both him and the capsule out of the ocean.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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