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recur

[ri-kur] / rɪˈkɜr /


Example Sentences

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Even if there is another pandemic, this mess won’t recur.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Stella said he did not expect the problem to recur at this weekend's Qatar Grand Prix.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

"However, to ensure that such failures never recur, a broader understanding is needed -- one that encompasses the inter-organisational and inter-hierarchical interfaces that have not yet been examined," he added.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

In fact, they are a feature of the landscape, exacerbated by our fire suppression practices, and will recur reliably, as they have forever.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

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