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recuperate

[ri-koo-puh-rayt, -kyoo-] / rɪˈku pəˌreɪt, -ˈkju- /


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The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival announced Friday that it will take a “much-needed year off in 2027” to recuperate from back-to-back years of storms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

It forced him to take a break so he could recuperate at home.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Last month, he was moved to house arrest to recuperate after being hospitalized with bronchopneumonia.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

"In severe cases, we might need to stop until our sight can recuperate," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025

But the fact that I survived physically, that in a time period well into my fifties I never collapsed or needed time off to recuperate, is something I am inordinately proud of.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Once she recuperates, she plans to return to part-time consulting to keep her mind active and feel productive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Nonetheless, it must be a reminder to Prince William how his own role will change, not least in the short term, as he takes on more engagements while the King recuperates.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2024

“They’ve already showed their hand,” she said, by refusing to let a temporary replacement fill in while Feinstein recuperates from shingles and its severe side effects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023

Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said he would ask the chamber this week to allow another Democratic senator to temporarily serve on the Judiciary Committee while she recuperates.

From Reuters ● Apr. 18, 2023

Youth recuperates quickly, and after a night's sound sleep she was glowing with health and sweet vitality.

From A Texas Ranger by William MacLeod Raine

While the dog recuperated, a woman arrived at the shelter later that day to report that her dog, Teddy, had been missing for more than a month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

After Coronado recuperated, he marched east until the Spaniards encountered 12 Tiwa pueblos near present-day Albuquerque, N.M.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

The Americans turned the screw in the third quarter as Auston Matthews recuperated a loose puck and set up Jake Guentzel, who blasted past Sogaard.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

Now that he has recuperated, he feels he cannot leave because of elderly relatives.

From BBC ● May 31, 2025

Under normal circumstances the system would probably have recuperated, as had happened many times previously.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Injuries followed, and Vigar was recuperating from one such setback while playing for Chichester City FC, where he had made an instant impression.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

One person close to him believed the time Buffett spent at home recuperating gave him an opportunity to contemplate the company’s future and the decision about when to step down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

He reassured fans his surgery went well and last month has "been at home, recuperating, recovering and resting and getting some post-op treatment as well".

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Barrett said losing both players in quick succession was a major blow and he felt disappointment for Cameron, who spent much of last season recuperating from a serious knee injury to his other leg.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

In the afternoons, however, we sat in the courtyard while Pita lay out in the sun on a wrought-iron bench, recuperating among the myriad of colorful mariposas that abounded in that heavenly place.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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