recover
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get back, reacquire, recapture, reclaim, re-collect, recoup, regain, repossess, retake, retrieve
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She had a heart attack but is recovering well. Share prices will be down until the economy recovers. She recovered consciousness in the hospital. I slipped, but somehow recovered my balance. He suffered a stroke and hasn't yet recovered the use of his left arm. The police recovered his stolen wallet. The program helps users recover computer files that have been deleted.
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The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office says 33 of 34 victims have been recovered and now 27 of those people have been identified through DNA. — Washington Post, "The Latest: Authorities release 5 names in fatal boat fire," 10 Sep. 2019 Thirty-three bodies have been recovered and one remains missing, the sheriff's office said. — Paul Vercammen And Josh Campbell, CNN, "Cause of California diving boat fire remains unknown," 9 Sep. 2019 The bodies of all but one victim have been recovered. — NBC News, "Search warrants served in probe of California boat fire that killed 34 people," 8 Sep. 2019 The bodies of 33 victims have been recovered, but one has not been found. — Ventura County Star, USA TODAY, "Search for final victim of dive boat fire suspended because of high winds," 7 Sep. 2019 Zach Farrell said all but one of those left trapped by flames had been recovered by Wednesday afternoon, the Associated Press reported. — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, "'Taken Aback' by 'Small' Escape Hatch, Calif. Boat Fire Investigator Reveals 'Harrowing' Details," 6 Sep. 2019 The bodies of 33 of the 34 people presumed dead after a dive vessel caught fire off the coast of California on Monday have been recovered, officials said Wednesday. — Fox News, "California boat company cancels upcoming diving trips as 33 of 34 bodies pulled from water," 4 Sep. 2019 Thirty-three bodies have been recovered from the dive boat that caught fire in the Channel Islands near Santa Barbara, leaving just one person missing and presumed dead, authorities said Wednesday morning. — Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, "33 bodies recovered, one still missing from Conception dive boat fire," 4 Sep. 2019 The bodies of 20 victims have been recovered, and divers have seen between four and six others in the sunken wreckage, the sheriff said. — Stefanie Dazio, Anchorage Daily News, "34 presumed dead in dive boat fire off California, officials say," 3 Sep. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'recover.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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