reattained

verb

past tense of reattain
as in took over

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  1. took over
  2. occupied
  3. annexed
  4. recaptured
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  • Aranda took over the Baylor program in 2020 and led the Bears to the Big 12 championship and a Sugar Bowl victory in 2021.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Then Franchione took over and laid the foundation for Patterson’s rightfully revered Hall of Fame tenure.
    — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of took over
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  • The 18-story building collapsed Friday in a busy commercial street of the capital Nairobi, trapping construction workers and people reportedly inside shops on the ground and basement floors that had been illegally occupied.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • One in coastal California extends approximately 620 miles long, while several smaller supercolonies occupied surrounding territories.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of occupied
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  • Putin’s statements, in an interview with Kremlin journalist Pavel Zarubin broadcast late Thursday, doubled down on his claims to territory in Ukraine that Russia invaded and illegally annexed in 2022.
    — Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The United States formally annexed eastern Samoa the following year.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of annexed
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  • Russia occupied Izyum, where Fox said her brother settled, for six months in 2022, but Ukraine later recaptured it in a major counteroffensive.
    — Garrett Haake, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
  • This group of people laughing, arguing, and reminiscing about a great era of American history—and also about members of their cohort who were long gone—recaptured lightning in a bottle.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of recaptured
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