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retell

[ree-tel] / riˈtɛl /








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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

But much like Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet,” she’s not trying to retell this famous tale; she’s reimagining it as the outsized, grand spectacle it has become in both public consciousness and personal affection.

From Salon Feb. 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

Hearing him retell it—seeing how impassive he looked in a videotape of the court proceeding, it’s hard to make sense of how singular and important the moment was for him.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Osbourne retells the infamous story of orally beheading an unsuspecting bat.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

As she retells the highs and lows of the relationship through the nightly set list, she’s faced with a decision.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2024

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

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

Now, as it celebrates its centenary, staff have been looking back on the company's role in developing a treatment for a rare degenerative condition affecting young boys – a story retold in a Hollywood film.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2025

His grandmother retold rose-tinted stories of building aircraft equipment during World War II before being forcibly relegated back to her domestic life.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2025

There are none to equal them in Greek mythology, except those retold by the tragic poets.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The line became reenergerized while laying on the ground and started several fires, according to a retelling of the video in a July court filing by lawyers representing victims.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 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

A cinematic retelling of Homer’s epic is not a particularly original idea.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Now Lerone Martin, a Stanford professor and senior editor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project, offers a rich if overlong retelling of King’s life prior to Montgomery.

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

Harry noticed that Ron’s version of events changed subtly with every retelling.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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