reread
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He even thinks the tech could get people to reread old favorites: "Now is the time to maybe dive into areas where it was really hard to do in the past."
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
I reread my 1999 email recently, trying to find the person who wrote it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Mock, who reread The Lord of the Rings every year from fourth grade through ninth grade, has simpler dreams: “a hobbit hole out in the countryside, and as little as possible.”
From Slate ● May 28, 2026
“And they are classic because they allowed us to reread it, and they speak in the present. That’s magic.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
After grammar, we do silent reading for the last ten minutes of class, and I think about starting The Perks of Being a Wallflower but reread Brown Girl Dreaming instead.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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Here, Henry discusses her writing process, an author she rereads every year and the meaning behind the Taylor Swift needle-drop in “People We Meet on Vacation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
Even on rereads, which I try to do every year, I find my heart racing and my palms sweating within a hundred pages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
He rereads them every so often, refusing to forget any detail or teaching.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
Diski rereads Anne Frank’s diaries, in their censored and uncensored versions.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2021
She has us close our eyes while she rereads the description of the hot dog slathered in toppings and wrapped up with crunchy french fries.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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In his first week officiating 9- and 10-year-old youth baseball games, umpire Tom Howell IV hoped that reading and rereading his rulebook would prevent any rookie mistakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
It simply means getting your bearings before you turn on the heat: chopping vegetables and herbs, measuring ingredients, rereading the recipe once more with a clear head.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
“And it seems to me, when I was rereading my journals, that they are also fictions of a sort. This is not my life. It is a story I have told about my life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2025
In a tribute to the writer on his 90th birthday last year, MV Shreyams Kumar, the managing director of Mathrubhumi, wrote that Nair was always reading and rereading books.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
She did, but after rereading it, she took down the post.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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