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Williams, they all claimed, had been retrieving his mouthguard from his sock.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

The body of a man who had been retrieving Frisbees from a lake in Largo, Fla., which serves as a habitat for alligators, was found on May 31.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2022

His instinct was to create an alibi: he told the interrogating officer that he had been retrieving a computer that was being repaired near the syndicate.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 25, 2016

Despite published polls, reports from district leaders and the gossip of professional politicos showed that shrewd old Henrik Shipstead had been retrieving ground fast, might even be edging ahead.

From Time Magazine Archive

He pointed to Wilbur Cowan, who had been retrieving balls—from no great distance—hit out by the neophyte.

From The Wrong Twin by Wilson, Harry Leon