reprise
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Acclaimed television and stage actress Holland Taylor will reprise her Tony-nominated ‘Ann’ one last time — at Pasadena Playhouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
He’ll reprise the role a final time in “Avengers: Doomsday” in December.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Initially, Paramount hoped to entice John Barrymore to reprise with sound the dual role he made famous in a 1920 silent still hailed today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The 67-year-old will reprise his role as Owen Armstrong almost 11 years after the character left Weatherfield, following the collapse of his business and breakdown of his relationship with Anna Windass.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Before Chapter Eleven, in a reprise of Desdemona’s gender prognostications, began wearing a tiny silver spoon around his neck.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Hodges reprises Orazio’s chiaroscuro — the interplay of light and shade — in the sculptural folds of the drapery to equally foreboding effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Two decades later, he reprises that role in “Primetime,” the A24 movie about the Dateline reality series “To Catch a Predator.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Blunt reprises her role as Emily Charlton, who is no longer an assistant at the magazine and now works as a high-up executive in luxury retail.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Fans entering Burke’s show were greeted by a casket and guest book, where they could pay condolences to a character Burke sometimes reprises in his performances and music videos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
They did not hesitate to embroider the compositions, and the reprises were widespread.
From On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music by Camille Saint-Saëns
Tom Hanks reprised his role as David S. Pumpkins in the Oct.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
Earlier this year, Reyes reprised her breakthrough TV role on “Scrubs,” which initially ended in 2010 after a nine-season run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Later in his career, Stewart reprised his role as Picard in various “Star Trek” films and a recent spinoff series.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
Hottle, who was deaf, portrayed a young orphan named Jia in the 2021 blockbuster, and reprised the role in 2024 sequel Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Buckingham House was reprised by a bargain with the public for one hundred thousand pounds; and the small house at Windsor has been, if I mistake not, undertaken since that account was brought before us.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
So Seyfried starts to help Fielder re-enact scenes that cameras were not present for, reprising her role as Holmes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
James Austin Johnson, reprising his Trump impersonation from the American “Saturday Night Live,” crashed the meeting as the fictional Zelenskyy pleaded for restored Starlink access.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
The English actress is having a blockbuster year, between reprising her breakout role and starring in Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Lithgow, reprising his Olivier-winning performance, is at once terrifying and never anything less than human in one of the bravest performances of the Broadway season.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
"Then through here—" Miss Avery continued passing and reprising through the hall.
From Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
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