recur
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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
These changes do not always mean cancer is present, but they should be evaluated if they continue or recur.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 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
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The combination of text and image recurs throughout Lynch’s paintings as well, where captions often make distressing narratives explicit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The brilliance of these pairings recurs throughout the show, which is more than a curatorial coup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
If the same pattern recurs, employment gains last month could be stronger than expected.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
That conflict between “progress” and “tradition” has never been resolved, and recurs in every generation.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025
I have one dream that recurs far too often.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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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
Cambridgeshire's area coroner Elizabeth Gray recorded a conclusion of death from natural causes, and said Bennell had a history of throat cancer from 2004, which recurred in 2016.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2024
Till this moment, I had been so intent on watching them, their appearance and conversation had excited in me so keen an interest, I had half-forgotten my own wretched position: now it recurred to me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Securing Chinese guarantees to purchase US agricultural goods, particularly soybeans, has been a recurring objective in trade talks with Beijing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Birthday treats are a recurring source of tension.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
With two productions in a year, is it too early to hope that this team has found a recurring home at the Pasadena Playhouse?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The company said Thursday that it’s seeing AI momentum in the form of what it calls “AI-first” annual recurring revenue, which was up 150% from a year before.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
‘A recurring nightmare. Every night since Salim . .. went.’
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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