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retelling

[ree-tel-ing] / riˈtɛl ɪŋ /


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Psychoanalysis, Mr. Phillips suggests, can support this pragmatist approach by helping us navigate that retelling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

She could be wryly funny about the impossibility of escaping her past; in time, her exasperation with endlessly retelling the story of her childhood became an aspect of the story.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Their retelling imagines the star-crossed lovers meeting later in life, repositioning the story from a perspective of age and experience, with the title characters aged in their 40s.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Making a purposefully idiosyncratic retelling of a classic tale came with its own challenges.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Hedge began retelling the story, but in his version Piper was a kung fu assassin and there were a lot more Boreads.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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