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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Harb hired Curran to get the loan out of collections and sent back to the SBA, but the agency still hasn’t retrieved the full payment that Harb had set up more than three years earlier, records show.—
Lewis Kamb,
NBC News,
10 Dec. 2024 -
She was later retrieved and treated for smoke inhalation, per the fire brigade.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
21 Dec. 2024
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Anticipating a positive outcome to this permitting process, Perpetua Resources announced in December the execution of a non-binding agreement with Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining to explore the potential for the domestic processing of the antimony recovered from the Stibnite mine.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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One of the silencers was attached to the rifle and another was recovered at the rental residence.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Got back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/got%20back. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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