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
With such vividly realized characters, the Coens portray a truth far larger than the crimes they purport to retell.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 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
Before the alert was added, she frequently had to retell the story of how he was failed.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
Mr. Morrison, coming home, would tell of the day and get listened to, and he would try to retell the drummer’s stories—some of them at least.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
“I Play Rocky” both retells a glorious experience and offers one of its own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
He retells his memories with an unflinching gaze.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Roberto José Andrade Franco retells the saga of Oscar De La Hoya versus Julio Cesar Chávez, landing less on the side of the former than pointing out the assimilationist façade of the Golden Boy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025
It retells the story using interviews and a great deal of footage from the actual show, which underlines how innovative it was.
From New York Times ● May 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
There’s a story that is told and retold about this kind of inequality and why it “makes sense.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
After the publication of his “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” in 2022, Mr. Barnett is back with another installment in a planned series of retold fairy tales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Chuckling as she retold the story, Fiona said: "Now do I look like the type?"
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
In a now-famous theme park moment, and one retold in the book, Atencio apologized to Disney, who shrugged off Atencio’s insecurity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
And always there are mysteries in the desert, stories told and retold of secret places in the desert mountains where surviving clans from an older era wait to re-emerge.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Maas's series debuted in 2015 as a dark retelling of "Beauty and the Beast."
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
A perfectly normal joke becomes, in the retelling inside your own head, a terrible mistake.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Their voices are notably, strangely absent from your retelling of this family saga.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 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
Abby and I found a food truck, got in line, and she launched into a heated retelling of all her catches.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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