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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Din initially brings Grogu to the Client and retrieves his reward, only to have a change of heart.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 May 2026 -
Now, Omaha only retrieves bats when players get a hit.—
Rina Nakano,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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Oh, there’s a pipe dream out there, all about a once-great player who recaptures the old magic, but that’s hardly the appropriate mood.—
Bruce Jenkins,
San Francisco Chronicle,
6 Feb. 2026
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While not a full-fledged continuation of the fantastic action show Lycoris Recoil, this series of shorts recaptures the other half of the 2022 girls-with-guns series.—
Kambole Campbell,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2025
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Even if a company recovers from a fraud incident, reputational damage is much harder to undo.—
Andy White,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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As his wife recovers, each cycle of death and resurrection pulls him closer to something far more disturbing.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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If Connor Hellebuyck reclaims anything close to Hart Trophy form, returning to Winnipeg at his best, then the Jets have a foundational piece of their roster in place at less than market value.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Garbage collection is a memory-management process in which the program automatically identifies and reclaims memory from objects that a program has stopped using.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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“Repossesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossesses. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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