déjà vu
Example Sentences
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The fact that the outbreak was on a cruise ship, one of the first places COVID-19 started to spread back in early 2020, is giving tons of people déjà vu.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
“We had an overwhelming sense of déjà vu on opening Allianz’s FY 2025 results,” analysts Philip Kett and Derald Goh write.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Plaid Cymru's Westminster Leader, Liz Saville Roberts, said the announcement would "feel like déjà vu to many people in Wales", saying the new stations had already been announced in last year's Spending Review.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
If that feels like déjà vu, you aren’t imagining it.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
The street I’m walking on hasn’t been paved yet, it’s cobblestone, and walking on it gives me a sense of déjà vu, as if I have been here before, seen this before, done this before.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
