salvage
Example Sentences
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The Scottish quartet need to win their final three games and hope for favours elsewhere if they are to salvage a place in the medal matches.
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Realistically, they need victories in at least four of their final five matches to have any chance of salvaging a place in Friday's last four - and they began that quest well.
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The salvage operation was "a huge technical challenge" and the fact it was managed within a week was "pretty good going", he claimed.
From BBC
As the front-runner in four more events, the cheese-powered human rocket from Wisconsin could salvage these Games for the U.S. by single-handedly winning as many golds as the rest of the nation.
However the data was salvaged, the fact remains: Google and other security-camera makers such as Arlo and Ring have access to your videos—sometimes after you don’t.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
