recur

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

Although astronomers have not observed any nova events in this system in recent history, such outbursts often recur every few thousand years.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2025

My mother has given me pictures to dream—nightmare babies that recur, shrinking again and again to fit in my palm.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston