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recur

[ri-kur] / rɪˈkɜr /


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The government restrictions were later lifted, but “similar export controls could recur, could remain in place longer, or could extend to additional models or capabilities,” the company warns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

As the crowd filed out of the Herzog, one reaction seemed to recur more than any other: “That was wild.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Much of the quarter's profit lift came from tariff refunds that had already come in, a one-off benefit that analysts say won't recur to the same extent.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

But “Kiki” holds several themes that recur in Miyazaki’s work.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

Curry recurs in Téa Leoni’s excellent sitcom as Sir Rudolph Halley, the imperious, amoral owner of the tabloid paper where Nora, Leoni’s character, works as a photographer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Triple-negative breast cancer recurs and spreads after an average of around 2½ years, compared with five years for other breast cancers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

It's a theme that recurs on subsequent tracks - perhaps suggesting that BTS were wary about dipping their toes back into the choppy waters of fame.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026

If the same pattern recurs, employment gains last month could be stronger than expected.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026

Thus throughout history a struggle which is the same in its main outlines recurs over and over again.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Insurance company Allianz modeled how countries would fare if the five hottest years each experienced between 2014 and 2024 recurred in succession.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

As someone who has always had a masochistic streak, finding out that these sequences of cars speeding down darkened paths recurred in Lynch’s other works both delighted and horrified me.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025

It’s a thematic mix that has recurred, at varying intensities, throughout Lemon’s influential but branding-resistant career.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2024

Since then, those diseases have recurred only in discrete communities where vaccine resistance reigns, and among the unvaccinated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

It might not kill, but it weakened and it recurred and it could lower one’s resistance to other diseases.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

The other bit of good news was the Wall Street Journal’s reporting that Anthropic exceeded $80 billion in annual recurring revenue at the end of October.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

Hand-wringing over unusually high and rising profit margins has been a recurring theme among some more pessimistic strategists over the years, but it seems timely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The milquetoast Pod Save America boys made him a recurring guest; California Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to drop by the stream.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Though Ohtani battled lingering left knee and recurring right biceps injuries through much of the season, surgery is “not on the table.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

He continued to have recurring attacks of malaria and painful abscesses in his leg.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple


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