Sentence examples for retake from from inspiring English sources

The film is a real-time account of the hijack of the fourth plane seized on September 11, which passengers attempted to retake from their captors.

Izyum is 32 miles northwest of Slovyansk, which Ukrainian forces failed to retake from well-armed pro-Russian activists Sunday in an operation that left two people dead.

Initial reports by activists suggested that the dead had been killed by government shells; the suburb, Al Tal, has been heavily bombarded in recent days, as have other areas that the government has been trying to retake from rebels.

Mr. Conroy, who was working for London's Sunday Times, and Ms. Bouvier, who writes for Le Figaro, were both wounded last Wednesday in a rocket attack on a media center in Baba Amr, a section of Homs the Syrian military is fighting to retake from the rebel force of defectors known as the Free Syrian Army.

Referee Craig Thomson ordered a retake, from which Tansey scored, because of encroachment by home players.

The first scene of battle was the city of Gloucester, which Edward managed to retake from the enemy.

The town of Makhmour, retaken from IS by the Kurds, is devoid of life.

Reports have emerged in recent months of revenge attacks against civilians in areas retaken from Isis.

He was later captured but released, and he returned to Constantinople when it was retaken from the Crusaders (1261).

One year after Mosul was retaken from Islamic State by Iraqi-led forces, work has started on reconstruction.

But human rights organisations have documented killings and abductions by government-backed Shia militias, as well as the burning and looting of property in towns retaken from Isis.