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recovering

ruh kuh vuh ring

  • v  get or find back; recover the use of
  • v  get over an illness or shock
  • v  regain a former condition after a financial loss
  • v  regain or make up for
  • v  reuse (materials from waste products)
  • v  cover anew
  • s  returning to health after illness or debility

  • Their work is challenging at so many levels: recovering DNA that is 38,000 years old is hard enough; doing so without contaminating it is even more difficult, since the DNA on one .
  • On that fateful day in 1939, with America recovering from its greatest depression and war rumbling in the distance, Sarnoff gave the world a look into a new life.
  • Later, two men who had seemed to be recovering dashed through the narrow streets shouting that enemies were after them.
News & Articles

  • South Africa's Mandela "recovering very well", says grandson
    QUNU, South Africa (Reuters) - Former South African President and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela is recovering well from a lung infection which has kept him in hospital for a week, his grandson said on Saturday. "Madiba is recovering very well and looks good," Mandla Mandela said in Qunu, a village in the Eastern Cape province where Mandela was born and spent his early years. Speaking in ...
    June 15, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • South Africa's Mandela 'recovering very well', grandson says
    By Yvonne Bell QUNU, South Africa (Reuters) - Former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is recovering well from a lung infection which has kept him in a serious condition in hospital for a week, his grandson said on Saturday. The comment by Mandla Mandela was the latest indication that the health of his 94-year-old grandfather, South Africa's first black president ...
    June 15, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Players recovering after long Game 1
    Blackhawks, Bruins recovering after 112 minutes, 8 seconds of hockey in Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final.
    June 13, 2013 - Fox Sports
Quotes

  • Tilda Swinton in ABC News
    I'm still recovering from that moment, and I have absolutely no idea what happened after that,Swinton said. "So, you know, you can tell me my dress fell off and I'd believe you, so don't be cruel."
  • Alan Shearer in Times Online
    Joe Kinnear is in the job at the moment and recovering well from his operation,Shearer said.

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