déjà vu

Example Sentences

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The virus that started with an outbreak on a cruise ship has infiltrated the public consciousness, and it feels like déjà vu: resurrecting painful memories of the Covid-19 pandemic that shut down the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

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

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

A test I didn’t know I was taking, he thought with a curious sense of déjà vu.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart