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recall

[ri-kawl, ri-kawl, ree-kawl, ree-kawl] / rɪˈkɔl, rɪˈkɔl, ˈri kɔl, ˈri kɔl /






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A Conagra Brands recall in 2023 connected to a plant in Fort Madison, Iowa, affected its Armour Star Vienna sausages as well as those made under private labels sold at Kroger and Walmart.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

Those with long indie-film memories will recall the role of cystic fibrosis in Kirby Dick’s alarming, inspiring 1997 documentary “Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

As California governor over the past eight years, he survived a recall election, launched a podcast called "This is Gavin Newsom," and oversaw emergency responses to natural disasters including wildfires and the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

So is the 29-year-old making a case for an England recall?

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

And Penelope, who tended to be cheerful in any case, felt happier than—well, happier than she could recall feeling in a very long while.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

But he recalls fires set a few years earlier by “kids from the Sacred Valley,” a remedial school for the troubled offspring of wealthy parents.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Bachteler recalls a day in May when her parents flew over from the US and she had to leave a restaurant because of extreme dizziness.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

He recalls thinking about the unknowns of that day — how widespread were the attacks?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Palmer recalls one play, in the CIF semifinals against Orange Lutheran, when he put Mosley at the point of attack to block and he drove one defender into two others, “single-handedly blocking three guys.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

In normal circumstances the family recalls stories about the departed to pass the long night hours.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Another recalled a parent who successfully lobbied to ban cupcakes from classroom birthday celebrations—only to protest when she was later barred from sending cupcakes for her own child’s birthday.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Years later, the keeper visited Manchester United's training academy, where staff recalled his efforts.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

In his acceptance speech, Newsom recalled that Sher was the only Stanford professor who gave him a C. When Lipper asked whether the story was true, Sher deadpanned, “He deserved it.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

“What are they doing here?” one person recalled thinking.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

I recalled another part of that chapter said, “Ask, and it shall be given you.”

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

But honor the dead as well by recalling the horror of that day and resolving to do what is needed so it doesn’t happen again.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

One dreamed of recalling the next mayor, be it Bass or Raman.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

“Most of those girls didn’t survive the last century,” he added, recalling the feather-plumed performers he photographed backstage in showgirl attire.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Rhiannon was brought to tears recalling the look on her parents' faces when they first saw her after her head had been shaved.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Yet she sounded so sincere, as if she were recalling a memory.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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