recur
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Long-simmering frustration over the state's lack of accountability created the conditions for this "implosion", he told the BBC, adding that the architecture of social media makes such eruptions likely to recur.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
“I got the audition last year, about April,” Callan recalled, “just to recur. And I said, ‘This is silly, they’re not going to cast a Los Angeles actor to go recur in Massachusetts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
“It is definitely terrifying,” particularly the thought that her cancer might recur, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
"By targeting N4BP2 or the pathways it activates, we may be able to limit the genomic chaos that allows tumors to adapt, recur and become drug-resistant."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2026
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
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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
If the same pattern recurs, employment gains last month could be stronger than expected.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
This leads to a sudden reduction in downforce, so the car jumps up, only for the airflow to start working again, the car sucked back down until the same thing recurs.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
That distance recurs often when he becomes a character in the story — almost as if he feels duty-bound to report his actions, but is unwilling to offer insight about himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025
The pyramid shape recurs throughout history and in diverse cultures, many of which have thought the shape itself had magic powers.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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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
So it's interesting that it recurred on the McLaren in Las Vegas.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
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
I told him so when I recurred on The Odd Couple.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2023
The event of last night again recurred to me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Weeks before falling severely ill, he consulted the tool about recurring dizzy spells and "bouts of blood pressure instability".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Examinations of stranded whales have uncovered several recurring medical problems, including stomach ulcers.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Firstly, the 43-year-old company has shifted in favor of offering free entry to many users, which Wood warned effectively brought recurring revenue growth down by about $500 million in its second quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Anonymized data flags recurring themes in what congregants are confiding to the bot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Each untimely end came draped in its own shroud of dread, like a recurring nightmare that never lost its potency.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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