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recur

[ri-kur] / rɪˈkɜr /


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Long-simmering frustration over the state's lack of accountability created the conditions for this "implosion", he told the BBC, adding that the architecture of social media makes such eruptions likely to recur.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

“I got the audition last year, about April,” Callan recalled, “just to recur. And I said, ‘This is silly, they’re not going to cast a Los Angeles actor to go recur in Massachusetts.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

“It is definitely terrifying,” particularly the thought that her cancer might recur, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

"By targeting N4BP2 or the pathways it activates, we may be able to limit the genomic chaos that allows tumors to adapt, recur and become drug-resistant."

From Science Daily Feb. 16, 2026

So frequently do these acts recur that when I was halfway through the first draft of Native Son a case paralleling Bigger’s flared forth in the newspapers of Chicago.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

Triple-negative breast cancer recurs and spreads after an average of around 2½ years, compared with five years for other breast cancers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

If the same pattern recurs, employment gains last month could be stronger than expected.

From MarketWatch Jan. 7, 2026

This leads to a sudden reduction in downforce, so the car jumps up, only for the airflow to start working again, the car sucked back down until the same thing recurs.

From BBC Nov. 25, 2025

That distance recurs often when he becomes a character in the story — almost as if he feels duty-bound to report his actions, but is unwilling to offer insight about himself.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 2025

The pyramid shape recurs throughout history and in diverse cultures, many of which have thought the shape itself had magic powers.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell

Insurance company Allianz modeled how countries would fare if the five hottest years each experienced between 2014 and 2024 recurred in succession.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

So it's interesting that it recurred on the McLaren in Las Vegas.

From BBC Nov. 25, 2025

As someone who has always had a masochistic streak, finding out that these sequences of cars speeding down darkened paths recurred in Lynch’s other works both delighted and horrified me.

From Salon Jan. 25, 2025

I told him so when I recurred on The Odd Couple.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 28, 2023

The event of last night again recurred to me.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Weeks before falling severely ill, he consulted the tool about recurring dizzy spells and "bouts of blood pressure instability".

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Examinations of stranded whales have uncovered several recurring medical problems, including stomach ulcers.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Firstly, the 43-year-old company has shifted in favor of offering free entry to many users, which Wood warned effectively brought recurring revenue growth down by about $500 million in its second quarter.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Anonymized data flags recurring themes in what congregants are confiding to the bot.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Each untimely end came draped in its own shroud of dread, like a recurring nightmare that never lost its potency.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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