retold

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Baldwin and Mayall first worked together on the children's television show Grim Tales in 1989, in which Mayall retold stories by the Brothers Grimm.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

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

This renders Mr. Bacon’s subtitle inapt: “The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald” has been told and retold by authors and bards.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 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

But because many of the stories reminded me of sad feelings I’d had, I retold them to myself as happier tales.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat