Example Sentences

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In the meantime, salvage teams will retrieve the giant mast and the rigging from the seabed and do a final sweep for any other materials that may help the enquiry.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025

It will retrieve a water sample from 16 meters’ depth, to be screened for alkalinity, pH, salinity, carbon, and rhodamine.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 30, 2023

Upgrades, including one that promises “military special operations veterans” will retrieve you from dangerous locations like war zones, can raise the fee to about $1,800.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2023

The training will continue during an initial foray into Arctic waters this summer, where some researchers will retrieve buoys outfitted with equipment that collects environmental information.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2021

The boy is needed for the hunt; we will retrieve him.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi