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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of recuperate.

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Examples

  • "The research has just begun, but we can say for sure that, despite the stamina of the cockroaches, weightlessness exerted a serious influence on them, especially on their motor functions – they move slower and get tired quicker," the scientist said, adding that the insects recuperated from the spaceflight amazingly quickly.

    Russian Scientists Excited About Pregnant Cockroaches | Impact Lab 2007

  • The bodies of those who did not die or disappear have survived or recuperated from the physical violence of the uprising.

    'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005

  • In 1994, in many areas, the Zapatistas 'recuperated', and became collective owners of, the fields they once worked as slaves, and which they now work together for themselves.

    The NarcoSphere - 2008

  • Leo recuperated from his injury, and three months later came back with his walker, wearing his hospital accoutrements, begging Bubbe Mary to let him come back.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • He traveled to Baghdad in May of 2002 for medical treatment, staying in the capital of Iraq for two months while he recuperated to fight another day.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • One day, the doctors would tell me I was recuperated enough to be discharged, but discharged to where?

    Family Storms 2011

  • So it was wonderful having Teetsell, as he recuperated from his injuries, "here in our midst to realize it's real," Shelton said.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • It's only a matter of time before Michael returns to inherit the mantle from his beloved father, who has recuperated somewhat but is permanently weakened and ready to retire.

    John Farr: Actor's Actor: A Birthday Salute to Robert Duvall John Farr 2012

  • Leo recuperated from his injury, and three months later came back with his walker, wearing his hospital accoutrements, begging Bubbe Mary to let him come back.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • He traveled to Baghdad in May of 2002 for medical treatment, staying in the capital of Iraq for two months while he recuperated to fight another day.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

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