recurrence
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Viridor said those breaches were caused by a third-party contractor and were very small in scale, did not pose a risk to human health, and that safeguards were now in place to prevent a recurrence.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
"The challenge of adherence likely contributes to the relatively high rate of stone recurrence in people with this chronic condition," Scales said.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
"We hope this resolution will prevent any recurrence."
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
In 2020, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg waited more than four months to announce that she was undergoing chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
But the vote for the third election happened during the 1797 recurrence of yellow fever, when most well-to-do citizens had left the city.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing recurrence
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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"Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving
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Vocabulary from Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" (1918)
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