as in retrieving
to get again in one's possession
the hockey team is hoping to reacquire the Stanley Cup this year
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Indiana is preparing to work with private industry to determine the feasibility of retrieving rare earth elements from its legacy coal byproducts.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026 -
Another agent, wearing a grey jacket, can be seen from some camera angles reaching into the scrum of other officers and retrieving a weapon that seems to match the firearm the DHS says Pretti possessed.—
Thomas Bordeaux,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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That includes 15 Democrats, who are leaving despite their party’s increasing odds of recapturing the House next November.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
6 Jan. 2026
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After recapturing Jerusalem’s holy temple, which had been defiled by the occupiers, the Maccabees searched for pure oil to light the menorah.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Dec. 2025
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The pit bull was recovering as of Thursday.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The priority became recovering the bodies and the personal belongings and returning them to their families while gathering evidence for crash investigators.—
Gary Fields,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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For Shetty, that shift means reclaiming control over priorities that often get sidelined and passed on to other people.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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The center display was made larger in part by reclaiming space formerly occupied by hard navigation buttons and relocating the volume dial to the trim just below it.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Reacquiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reacquiring. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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