retell
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Anthony Puzo, Mario Puzo's son, told Publishers Weekly: "We had been looking for someone to retell the story from a new perspective."
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Now “Five Bullets,” by Elliot Williams, and “Fear and Fury,” by Heather Ann Thompson, retell the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
When Kayleigh Griffiths lost her baby daughter, Pippa, in 2016 through maternity failings in Shropshire, she had no idea how many times she would have to retell her traumatic story at future medical appointments.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
The show will feature the debut of an audio-animatronic figure of Disney, and is expected to retell the Disneyland creation myth.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
I could retell it, but nothing like Le Guin.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
He retells his memories with an unflinching gaze.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Osbourne retells the infamous story of orally beheading an unsuspecting bat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
The retail industry treats it like a speed bump between Halloween and Christmas, and when history retells its origins, it’s not a holiday worth protesting to keep.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2025
It retells America’s early political history through jam-packed raps and musical numbers that hurtle through genres including hip-hop, pop and R&B.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024
In other words, the song relives and retells the experiences of a child in another century and makes her story highly relatable to us today.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
It’s a story that’s been retold in recent weeks amid the Andes virus outbreak on a cruise ship to show how outbreaks sometimes lead to scientific breakthroughs.
From MarketWatch ● May 17, 2026
She’s made something different from your typical adaptation, a movie that brings a fresh perspective to a very old and frequently retold tale.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
Chuckling as she retold the story, Fiona said: "Now do I look like the type?"
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
Major battles are retold using dioramas, interactive maps and narratives that focus on the broader war between the upstart colonists and the British.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
The article also retold what had happened to him.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
A perfectly normal joke becomes, in the retelling inside your own head, a terrible mistake.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
While your brother-in-law’s behavior does sound a bit caustic, at least by your retelling, I urge you to de-center yourself.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
This production feels like a fleeting moment — a reunion of friends and collaborators retelling a myth that is recounted over and over again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
His movie is a remarkable piece of autofiction, retelling his first experience with air travel as if it were a love story.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
As in some radical retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, society’s normally invisible workings had been made briefly visible.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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