reprise
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The protests are widely seen as a reprise of CJP's mass mobilisation in July, which led to the education minister stepping down over an examination scandal.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
The demand for a follow-up by this new wave of fans helped convince Bullock and Kidman to reprise their roles nearly 30 years on, they say.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
But the risk of exclusion is always there, as when Walmart failed to secure Rachel McAdams to reprise her Regina George character for its ad bringing together the rest of the “Mean Girls” principals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” will also see Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon reprise their roles and also features Mark Ruffalo and Jon Bernthal among others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
When she was getting close to retiring, the opera decided to reprise her role one last time.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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The chorus of “Stone Fruit” has a lot in common with that of the title track, and “Two Fried” reprises elements of “Lucky.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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
The narrator’s mishandling of his cellphone reprises the author’s delightful affinity for physical slapstick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
This rumbling, turbid, angry little rivulet, flows through evergreens and flowering underwood, and is crossed a plusieures reprises, by logs thrown from rock to rock.
From Domestic Manners of the Americans by Fanny Trollope
Walters starred in Gavin and Stacey from its launch in 2007 and reprised her role for a 2024 Christmas special.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Hottle reprised the role in the 2024 follow-up, “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
He reprised his role as the palaeontologist in Jurassic Park III in 2001.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
That musical’s writer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, penned the songs for the 2016 film alongside Opetaia Foaʻi and Mark Mancina; dutifully reprised here, they remain basically persuasive works of Disney pop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
The fourth series he’s produced this year, this “Yellowstone” spinoff has Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser reprising their roles and doing battle against a rival rancher in South Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Even with all four main players from the original cast reprising their roles, and Aline Brosh McKenna and David Frankel returning to write and direct, respectively, none of this merit was guaranteed.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
And in “Giant,” John Lithgow, reprising his Olivier Award-winning performance, portrays the author in all his dyspeptic glory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
The film sees Oscar winner Murphy reprising his role as gang leader Tommy Shelby who is depicted returning to the city during World War Two.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 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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