recall

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Astrocyte activity increased during both learning and recall.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

“He could recall a conversation he had with a person 35 years ago without any hesitation. He had an incredible constellation of people that he was surrounded by.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"Following the findings of the review, we have worked as quickly as possible to contact affected patients and to recall them for another scan," he added.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The Hague’s jurists may recall the 2015 murder of Alberto Nisman, the Argentinian prosecutor investigating Iran’s 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“He’d repeat bitterly that his life was over,” his son Sergei would later recall, “that life made sense as long as people needed him, but now, when nobody needed him, life was meaningless.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin