as in regained
to get again in one's possession
after some fierce fighting, government forces have retaken the capital
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retrieved
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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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“Retook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retook. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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