"retrieve" is a correct and usable word in written English. You can use it in instances when you need to make reference to the action of finding or getting back something or someone. For example, "I quickly retrieved my lost keys from the grass.".
But the truth is it already has, and it is hard to see how Kiev can retrieve the lost territory without the use of force on a scale that would be hard to contain – and that the precarious Kiev government may not even have.
Laser physicists have built a reversible tractor beam and are using it to retrieve tiny particles.
Back it comes left, now, and Qld are lined up in bombing formation but Thurston throws a wild ball that he has to run 10m back to retrieve.
The site of the pipeline break, six miles upstream from the high-plains city of Glendive, Montana, is almost entirely capped in ice, complicating efforts to retrieve the oil and slowing the response process.
These stressful thoughts, not surprisingly, can block your brain's ability to retrieve what is stored in its memory, as well as making it harder to understand the questions and organise your thoughts.
Everett (George Clooney) is self-elected leader of three chain-gang escapees who set out to retrieve the $1.2m bank heist loot he claims to have buried.
Apple's statement said: "Regardless of the circumstances, our legal team conducts an evaluation of each request and, only if appropriate, we retrieve and deliver the narrowest possible set of information to the authorities.
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Claudia Letizia
Head Translator and Proofreader @ organictranslations.eu