recur
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But “Kiki” holds several themes that recur in Miyazaki’s work.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
These changes do not always mean cancer is present, but they should be evaluated if they continue or recur.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Sirinya is worried that such a tragedy could recur "because there are so many of these pubs".
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Tillmans’ interest in stargazing goes back to his adolescence, and images of the moon and cosmos recur in his work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
The pattern would recur over and over, but there was an important exception.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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One line that recurs is an old Buddhist teaching, “Advance to paradise, retreat to hell.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
It's a theme that recurs on subsequent tracks - perhaps suggesting that BTS were wary about dipping their toes back into the choppy waters of fame.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
If the same pattern recurs, employment gains last month could be stronger than expected.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
That conflict between “progress” and “tradition” has never been resolved, and recurs in every generation.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025
I have one dream that recurs far too often.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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Insurance company Allianz modeled how countries would fare if the five hottest years each experienced between 2014 and 2024 recurred in succession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
As someone who has always had a masochistic streak, finding out that these sequences of cars speeding down darkened paths recurred in Lynch’s other works both delighted and horrified me.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025
Since then, those diseases have recurred only in discrete communities where vaccine resistance reigns, and among the unvaccinated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
And the speed with which the disease, pancreatic cancer, often recurred could work to the scientists’ advantage: For better or worse, they would find out soon whether the vaccine helped.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2023
Ernest’s colitis recurred in 1956, a flare-up he attributed largely to stress over the unresolved fate of Chromatic.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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That may be part of what makes sausage-in-dough feel less like a single dish than a recurring culinary impulse.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
The NTA needs deep structural reform to address recurring failures, but abolishing it is not the answer, said M Jagadesh Kumar, former chairman of India's universities regulator.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The software maker said annual recurring revenue, a closely watched measure of its subscription business, rose 30%.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Huskeys generates annual contract revenue in a six-figure dollar range, which gives investors an indication of recurring subscription revenue over 12 months, according to a company representative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
I’d had a recurring dream about Sing Sing that took place in this tunnel at night.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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