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repeat

[ri-peet] / rɪˈpit /
NOUN
something done over; duplicate
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Among ciliates, it stands out for its ability to contract at roughly 100 body lengths per second and then rapidly repeat the movement.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

There would be no repeat here as Noppert won three straight legs to take a 3-1 lead.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

“This is not yet a repeat of the 2022 wage-price shock,” Rees said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

With 11 days between games, McVay, his staff and the players are intent on avoiding a repeat performance.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Nobody heard her except Twitch, but she didn’t want to repeat what Boo said so as not to hurt the Major’s feelings.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Figuring out what can feed everyone, based on the time, cost and ingredients on hand, is a struggle that repeats every day around 5:30 p.m.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Every subsequent concert just rinses and repeats the same story.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

“The Second Lady said, ‘Well, you can have one of two things,” JD Vance says in this “joke” he repeats frequently.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

He repeats that he’s going to pick up his mom, then concludes by inviting those watching to reach out to him to meet in person.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Quick, like lightning, Alan repeats, “Black brother, black brother.”

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Those repeated readings allowed them to identify the moment when the vibration disappeared, and the sound jumped from an energy state of 1 to 0.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

Turnover among executives and ownership gave him repeated openings to make wholesale changes, a shift that coincided with California’s drought crisis.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

That pattern has been repeated across much of the frontline in Ukraine where local organisations have worked with international groups to try to safeguard their national heritage from Russian attack.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

For troops’ families, such abstractions, repeated in media discourse, have concrete consequences when their loved ones don’t come home on time.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

But the Italian army proved woefully unprepared for war, launching repeated attacks against the Austrians, gaining no ground, suffering huge casualties, and becoming a liability rather than an asset to the Allies.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

It is a chilling dynamic that keeps repeating itself in American culture, and one at the heart of “American Hostage,” a dramatic miniseries making its debut Sunday on MGM+.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Robinson was in prison at the time for repeating defamatory statements about a Syrian teenager, against court orders.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Importantly, this investigation tested commercial sucralose rather than directly repeating the 2023 experiments with isolated sucralose-6-acetate.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Hence, the reason we associate “Hey Jude” with a soaring spirit of optimism is because of that repeating “na-na-na” chorus.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

“Oh, the children were distraught! They howled up a storm, and later kept repeating some odd words the woman said to them: ‘The hunt is on.’

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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