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retelling

[ree-tel-ing] / riˈtɛl ɪŋ /


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Had “Traversal” been nothing but Ms. Popova’s retelling of these histories, it might have been a far more successful evocation of these patterns of destruction and creation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

I don’t know whether or not he is a narcissist, but from your retelling, he is someone who has always looked out for himself.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

Decades of retelling this story means "kindliest" has now turned into "friendliest".

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

As such, it’s a story that deserves retelling, and it gets it in “Miracle: The Boys of ’80.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

They’d tell what they’d seen, embroider the rest, and with every retelling, Dirtyhands would get crazier and more ruthless.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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