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repeat

[ri-peet] / rɪˈpit /
NOUN
something done over; duplicate
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“We cannot repeat the mistakes of social media platforms where products are pushed onto children putting profit ahead of young peoples’ best interest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

He’d forget names and repeat himself, but he was otherwise fine.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

This could help explain why people sometimes repeat harmful patterns in relationships or continue interpreting situations negatively despite evidence that challenges their assumptions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

You see patterns from the first film that then repeat themselves, but on a much larger scale, in the second film.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

The next person to speak is Aunt J, but I can’t repeat most of what she said without getting grounded.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The pattern repeats ad nauseum, in slightly different permutations.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

"There are dark chapters in history that we must nevertheless be aware of. And yes, history undoubtedly repeats itself," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Every subsequent concert just rinses and repeats the same story.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

While not deterministic — elite firstborns like John McEnroe and Novak Djokovic remain towering counter-examples, and both had younger siblings that played professionally — the later-born tilt repeats across the athletic landscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

“It is far away,” Guardian repeats one more time.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

GL Events did not respond to repeated BBC requests for comment.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

"For the 42 million hotel nights forecast for 2026, that's not major. But watch out you don't underestimate the effects from repeated incidents."

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

He noted that the father received multiple warnings about his son’s “reckless riding,” which led to repeated injuries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The 80-plus years of U.S.-Saudi friendship, which began when Franklin D. Roosevelt met King Abdulaziz aboard a ship off Egypt in 1945, have been marked by repeated disagreements and disappointments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

But the Italian army proved woefully unprepared for war, launching repeated attacks against the Austrians, gaining no ground, suffering huge casualties, and becoming a liability rather than an asset to the Allies.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

She has been repeating a motto to colleagues helping her pitch for big IPOs: Until the bell is rung, a company is still up for grabs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Purdue said a 15-year-old in Florida reported hearing Earhart's voice repeating "New York City" over her father's shortwave radio shortly after the aviator vanished.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The toy company is trying different things in hopes of repeating the huge success of the 2023 “Barbie” film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

In Saudi Arabia, the latest blasts came a day after the Houthis claimed attacks on two international airports, while repeating a warning to airlines to avoid Saudi airspace.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

She wasn’t making any sense, but she kept repeating the same thing in Spanish.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall


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