recall
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Question: “Do you recall alerting him to that heightened sensitivity?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The BBC understands that carmakers have not yet notified authorities of any plans for a similar recall in the US.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Many decades later I can still recall how that introduction made me feel.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
I can vividly recall the haunting aftertaste, the glorious specificity of the experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Penelope had read all the etiquette books in the Swanburne library, but she could not recall a rule that applied specifically to this situation.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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The author recalls an interview he did with the herpetologist: Despite this account not conforming to reality, “everything Wells was telling me made perfect sense,” he writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Minsal, who led the teams that canvassed three large census tracts with the greatest variation, said he recalls their 2025 count being lower and thinks a digital glitch doubled it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
To estimate UPF consumption, the researchers analyzed two 24-hour dietary recalls from each participant and calculated the share of daily calories that came from ultra-processed foods.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
The strategy recalls the successful legal approach states took to rein in tobacco companies over health issues linked to cigarettes.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
“But we’re sitting there,” recalls Vinny, “and he says to us, like he actually means it, ‘I truly believe that our ratings will prove accurate.’”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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In a corresponding move, they recalled hard-throwing reliever Seth Halvorsen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
In 1908 she recalled: “When the crash came I had money, and I was one of the very few who really had it. The others had their ‘securities’ and their ‘values.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
During closing arguments, Clancy's lawyer Kevin Reddington recalled that the mother had made several pleas for help before the killings and received "lousy medical care" from the doctors she consulted.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
"He was actually the main Palestinian artist, the best known locally and internationally," recalled his friend and fellow artist Vera Tamari.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The whole experience recalled to Dad the first time an automobile had turned up in this district.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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Tesla, which started selling the Model S sedan with hidden door handles in China in 2014, is recalling nearly three million cars, according to the SAMR.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
This does not mean organoids have memories like we tend to think of them -- such as recalling something from childhood -- but simply that their past is "engraved" on a cellular level, Arlotta emphasised.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
This kid is what I feel like our team should be like on a day-to-day basis,’ and he’s done a really good job of that,” Chesney said Monday while recalling his first impression of Martin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Physiological reactions to memories of criticism decreased, indicating that recalling distressing experiences no longer triggered the same level of intense stress.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
I said, recalling Doña María, a curandera in Tent City who tried to cure Torito when he was sick.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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