retelling
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Sarnoski is the perfect person to do a retelling tilted toward the end of a rampager’s life.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Had “Traversal” been nothing but Ms. Popova’s retelling of these histories, it might have been a far more successful evocation of these patterns of destruction and creation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
I don’t know whether or not he is a narcissist, but from your retelling, he is someone who has always looked out for himself.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
Decades of retelling this story means "kindliest" has now turned into "friendliest".
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
Harry noticed that Ron’s version of events changed subtly with every retelling.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing retelling
Literary Terms, Grade 8, Units 2–3
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Conventions, Writing to Sources, and Speaking & Listening (Unit 1)
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Additional Literary Terms, Unit 5
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