as in retrieved
to get again in one's possession
the distraught owner cried that she would do anything to get back her lost dog
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Recent Examples of got back
The Blazers got back guard Jrue Holiday, who hasn't played since mid-November because of a calf injury.
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CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Last week, as drivers got back to their routine commutes after the holiday stretch, prices jumped.
—Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
The Bears got back in the end zone less than three minutes later, on a drive that included perhaps the finest throw of Williams’s career — a drop-in-the-bucket sideline shot on 4th and 8.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
Then, after a Mazzulla timeout and a round of C’s substitutions, the Magic got back-to-back buckets off offensive rebounds, then two makes off steals by Desmond Bane (22 points) and Paolo Banchero (15 points).
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
But the Falcons found their toughness, got back to their winning ways and topped off perhaps an unlikely season with a 25-22, 25-22, 25-11 win over Carlsbad in Friday’s CIF Division I Championship held at Francis Parker.
—Tim Meehan Sd, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
As people were so fond of saying in 1982, Bruce got back to the eye of the tiger.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
At the time, this film was marketed as a kind of modern-day comedy of remarriage, in which on-the-outs small-town husband-and-wife Dennis Quaid and Roberts got back together.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Back in 2007, Prince William and Kate Middleton famously split and then got back together.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Sep. 2025
CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Last week, as drivers got back to their routine commutes after the holiday stretch, prices jumped.
—Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
The Bears got back in the end zone less than three minutes later, on a drive that included perhaps the finest throw of Williams’s career — a drop-in-the-bucket sideline shot on 4th and 8.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
Then, after a Mazzulla timeout and a round of C’s substitutions, the Magic got back-to-back buckets off offensive rebounds, then two makes off steals by Desmond Bane (22 points) and Paolo Banchero (15 points).
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
But the Falcons found their toughness, got back to their winning ways and topped off perhaps an unlikely season with a 25-22, 25-22, 25-11 win over Carlsbad in Friday’s CIF Division I Championship held at Francis Parker.
—Tim Meehan Sd, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
As people were so fond of saying in 1982, Bruce got back to the eye of the tiger.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
At the time, this film was marketed as a kind of modern-day comedy of remarriage, in which on-the-outs small-town husband-and-wife Dennis Quaid and Roberts got back together.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Back in 2007, Prince William and Kate Middleton famously split and then got back together.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got back
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Sacramento retrieved the loose ball and got another possession before Towns even crossed half court.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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The original plan for Hubble was that it would be retrieved or deorbited by a Space Shuttle mission at the end of its lifespan.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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Relying on physical rather than supernatural powers, Makandal climbed out of a window, but the noise woke his guards and the plantation’s dogs, and he was soon recaptured.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Jan. 2026
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Amid the search for the New Orleans jail escapee, another inmate who fled a different Louisiana jail was recaptured for the second time in May.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
21 Dec. 2025
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Over $11,000 in Ulta Beauty items have been recovered by Carroll County police officers, following a regional theft scheme.—
Andrew Adeolu,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Moore lost a second fumble later in the second quarter when hit by Daniel Ndukwe and Mario Landino recovered at the Oregon 21.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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