recur

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Though feelings of loneliness, fear and despair recur throughout “Inferno,” the record’s textural variety and steady rhythmic pulse make it approachable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

While it can cause painful blisters or ulcers that recur over time, it can lay dormant with most people having no symptoms - and Helen never had a cold sore herself.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Tillmans’ interest in stargazing goes back to his adolescence, and images of the moon and cosmos recur in his work.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

"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

Nonetheless, visitors to Andean history note certain ways of doing things that recur in ways striking to the outsider, sometimes in one variant, sometimes in another, like the themes in a jazz improvisation.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann