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Among ciliates, it stands out for its ability to contract at roughly 100 body lengths per second and then rapidly repeat the movement.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
There would be no repeat here as Noppert won three straight legs to take a 3-1 lead.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“This is not yet a repeat of the 2022 wage-price shock,” Rees said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
With 11 days between games, McVay, his staff and the players are intent on avoiding a repeat performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Nobody heard her except Twitch, but she didn’t want to repeat what Boo said so as not to hurt the Major’s feelings.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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Figuring out what can feed everyone, based on the time, cost and ingredients on hand, is a struggle that repeats every day around 5:30 p.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Every subsequent concert just rinses and repeats the same story.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“The Second Lady said, ‘Well, you can have one of two things,” JD Vance says in this “joke” he repeats frequently.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
He repeats that he’s going to pick up his mom, then concludes by inviting those watching to reach out to him to meet in person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Quick, like lightning, Alan repeats, “Black brother, black brother.”
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Those repeated readings allowed them to identify the moment when the vibration disappeared, and the sound jumped from an energy state of 1 to 0.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Turnover among executives and ownership gave him repeated openings to make wholesale changes, a shift that coincided with California’s drought crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
That pattern has been repeated across much of the frontline in Ukraine where local organisations have worked with international groups to try to safeguard their national heritage from Russian attack.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
For troops’ families, such abstractions, repeated in media discourse, have concrete consequences when their loved ones don’t come home on time.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
But the Italian army proved woefully unprepared for war, launching repeated attacks against the Austrians, gaining no ground, suffering huge casualties, and becoming a liability rather than an asset to the Allies.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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It is a chilling dynamic that keeps repeating itself in American culture, and one at the heart of “American Hostage,” a dramatic miniseries making its debut Sunday on MGM+.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Robinson was in prison at the time for repeating defamatory statements about a Syrian teenager, against court orders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Importantly, this investigation tested commercial sucralose rather than directly repeating the 2023 experiments with isolated sucralose-6-acetate.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Hence, the reason we associate “Hey Jude” with a soaring spirit of optimism is because of that repeating “na-na-na” chorus.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Oh, the children were distraught! They howled up a storm, and later kept repeating some odd words the woman said to them: ‘The hunt is on.’
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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