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recur

[ri-kur] / rɪˈkɜr /


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As the crowd filed out of the Herzog, one reaction seemed to recur more than any other: “That was wild.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

But “Kiki” holds several themes that recur in Miyazaki’s work.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

These changes do not always mean cancer is present, but they should be evaluated if they continue or recur.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Sirinya is worried that such a tragedy could recur "because there are so many of these pubs".

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

It has been suggested that the major ice ages on our planet, which recur every hundred million years or so, may be due to the interposition of interstellar matter between the Sun and the Earth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

If the same pattern recurs, employment gains last month could be stronger than expected.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026

That conflict between “progress” and “tradition” has never been resolved, and recurs in every generation.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025

This leads to a sudden reduction in downforce, so the car jumps up, only for the airflow to start working again, the car sucked back down until the same thing recurs.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025

Mr. Winter brings to this crucial moment a sense of mournful confusion and despair that recurs throughout.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025

The pyramid shape recurs throughout history and in diverse cultures, many of which have thought the shape itself had magic powers.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell

Insurance company Allianz modeled how countries would fare if the five hottest years each experienced between 2014 and 2024 recurred in succession.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

As someone who has always had a masochistic streak, finding out that these sequences of cars speeding down darkened paths recurred in Lynch’s other works both delighted and horrified me.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025

Cambridgeshire's area coroner Elizabeth Gray recorded a conclusion of death from natural causes, and said Bennell had a history of throat cancer from 2004, which recurred in 2016.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2024

I told him so when I recurred on The Odd Couple.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2023

The event of last night again recurred to me.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Meanwhile, Anthropic's annual recurring revenue is expected to reach $100 billion by the end of the year, while OpenAI reached $70 billion in July, according to various reports.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Moderna’s share price popped in August on positive news about its therapeutic cancer vaccine to prevent melanoma from recurring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

If ponding is a recurring problem, increase the area on your property where water can permeate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Palmer was hampered by a recurring groin injury in 2025-26, which former Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca - who is now boss at Manchester City - said did not make sense.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Instead, she became increasingly annoyed with my recurring references to helical structures.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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