as in retrieves
to get again in one's possession
if you don't pay off the loan, the bank will come and repossess your car
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The suspect then gets inside the car and retrieves a mini-Draco rifle and again begins to shoot towards the victims.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
23 Sep. 2025 -
For example, one agent collects customer intent, another retrieves account details and a third starts a refund while a fourth updates the CRM.—
Munil Shah,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps one of them emerges as the prolific goalscorer that a Premier League title-winning Chelsea team likely needs, or perhaps Maresca can create a collective alchemy that recaptures the peculiar magic of that City team in 2020-21.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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And backup goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili has been pressed into action while Alisson Becker recovers from a hamstring injury.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Florida product impressed during the preseason and has earned a spot in the rotation while Moses Moody recovers from a calf injury.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
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Cult film outfit Spamflix will launch the Cinema of Desire at the Marché International du Film Classique (MIFC) in Lyon, an ambitious restoration project in collaboration with the Cinemateca Brasileira that reclaims a missing piece of Brazilian film history.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
12 Oct. 2025
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By parodying the spectacle that once defined him, James cleverly reclaims the narrative, turning an infamous moment into a savvy branding opportunity.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Repossesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossesses. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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