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reread

[ree-reed, ree-reed] / riˈrid, ˈriˌrid /
VERB
read again
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I used this as an excuse to reread his autobiography, which is frequently hilarious, and tried to revisit all his recent interviews.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

All of the lonely young men need to reread “The Great Gatsby,” and anyone freaked out by the state of the world should read “Parable of the Sower.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Mock, who reread The Lord of the Rings every year from fourth grade through ninth grade, has simpler dreams: “a hobbit hole out in the countryside, and as little as possible.”

From Slate May 28, 2026

This year, craving a little more calm and clarity, and a deeper sense of presence, I reread Michael A. Singer’s “The Untethered Soul.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

Once Elsie is gone, I reread magiciangirl18’s message.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Here, Henry discusses her writing process, an author she rereads every year and the meaning behind the Taylor Swift needle-drop in “People We Meet on Vacation.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 19, 2026

Even on rereads, which I try to do every year, I find my heart racing and my palms sweating within a hundred pages.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2025

He rereads them every so often, refusing to forget any detail or teaching.

From Seattle Times Feb. 18, 2023

Up in his room, he rereads old, unpublished diaries.

From New York Times Feb. 11, 2020

Max eats a second ham sandwich and rereads a comic book, and sheets of yellow flowers glow in the fields, and Jutta wonders if any of them grow over the bones of her brother.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Years later, deep in a Minnesota-winter-induced depression, I started rereading books I’d loved as a child and stumbled into the full, uncut novel.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

To my mind, there is no better way to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary than rereading “Common Sense.”

From Salon Jan. 10, 2026

In a tribute to the writer on his 90th birthday last year, MV Shreyams Kumar, the managing director of Mathrubhumi, wrote that Nair was always reading and rereading books.

From BBC Dec. 25, 2024

Standing in her old bedroom at her father’s house, Betty finds herself rereading her old diary entries about her early days at Ecomoda.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2024

Richard was rereading Kainene’s note when the plane touched down in Kano.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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