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- verb Simple past of
retake .
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Examples
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When the Muslim Saladin retook Jerusalem 90 years later, there was no slaughter.
Think Progress » Embedded TIME Reporter: Bush Lied In Speech Yesterday About Iraqi Security Forces 2005
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French ship, which he retook from the English, after she had been three days in their possession.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I Jared Sparks 1827
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After that, dead silence: and the poor devil left in the trenches to digest that "retook"!
Coming Home. 1915
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Ethnic Berber fighters, who have joined the anti-government rebellion, retook Yafran, about 100 kilometers southwest of Tripoli, on Monday.
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Ethnic Berber fighters, who have joined the anti-government rebellion, retook Yafran, about 100 kilometers southwest of Tripoli, on Monday.
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In the town of Jisr al-Shaghour, witnesses complained to Arab satellite channels that security forces have arrested and beaten young men who returned after government forces retook the town early this week.
Casualties Mount as Syrian Protests, Crackdown Intensify 2011
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In the town of Jisr al-Shaghour, witnesses complained to Arab satellite channels that security forces have arrested and beaten young men who returned after government forces retook the town early this week.
Casualties Mount as Syrian Protests, Crackdown Intensify 2011
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Ethnic Berber fighters, who have joined the anti-government rebellion, retook Yafran, about 100 kilometers southwest of Tripoli, on Monday.
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Despite restarting hostilities, the Russians proved unprepared when a Chechen offensive in August, led by Basayev, swept back and retook Grozny.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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The largest, Yifran, is 45 miles 70 kilometers southwest of Tripoli and had been occupied by government troops for weeks when rebel fighters retook it on June 3.
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