Every innovation scraps its immediate predecessor and retrieves still older figures – it causes floods of antiques or nostalgic art forms and stimulates the search for museum pieces. Marshall McLuhan
I never thought of myself as being a genius. I don't know what genius is. I think a far better expression is a retriever, a lovely strong golden retriever that brings things back from the past, or retrieves things from our common blood memory. Martha Graham
After a tussle, the man returns to his car, retrieves something from the boot, and appears to strike the other bin man in the head with it. Source: Internet
After the test kit sits out for 72 hours, one simply retrieves the packet of activated charcoal, slips it into the pre-addressed mailer that is provided (which includes free shipping), and drops it into a mailbox at one’s local post office. Source: Internet
Almásy retrieves Katharine's body from the Cave and, while flying back, the decrepit plane leaks oil onto him and both of them catch fire. Source: Internet
A return retrieves the saved contents of the PC and places it back in the PC, resuming sequential execution with the instruction following the subroutine call. Source: Internet