as in recaptured
to get again in one's possession
our team regained the ball with just two minutes left on the clock
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Conveniently flawed Yes, the carbon may be recaptured if trees regrow.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025 -
The irony is that, after a tough couple of decades, the package holiday sector had recaptured the imagination of investors once more.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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In the aftermath, authorities retrieved thousands of chat logs linked to Gendron off of Discord, which were written in the form of an online diary and dated over a stretch of several months.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Messages shown to them by a roommate included references to a rifle that needed to be retrieved, wrapped in a towel.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Los Angeles Police Department said several pieces of evidence were recovered and will be analyzed.—
Andrew Blankstein,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025
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Authorities revealed that bullet casings recovered at the scene included antifascist messaging, and online messages and additional evidence from the suspect, Tyler Robinson, indicate he may have been driven by Leftist ideology.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Though the phrase has been co-opted by politicians like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a pro-regime former president, to ridicule and disparage protesters, it has since been reclaimed.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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The floors will be reclaimed plastic and concrete, and the equipment in the hospital will be sparse, as there are no monitors available, Hawash-Kuemmerle said.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Regained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regained. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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