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So we screened for stocks that have recaptured their 200-day moving averages this year or late last year, and we found 25 names.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Thursday might not have recaptured that hope entirely.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

The village of Urozhaine is near Staromaiorske, a hamlet that Ukraine also claimed to have recaptured recently.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2023

Zelenskiy, who had earlier visited Kherson, the biggest prize his troops have recaptured since the invasion began in February, welcomed Monday's remarks.

From Reuters • Nov. 15, 2022

For in six years and a half I have recaptured the fluency of that morning not half-a-dozen times.

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