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recur

[ri-kur] / rɪˈkɜr /


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“It is definitely terrifying,” particularly the thought that her cancer might recur, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Tillmans’ interest in stargazing goes back to his adolescence, and images of the moon and cosmos recur in his work.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

It is classified as high risk when tumors are more likely to recur or spread into the bladder's muscle layer or to other areas of the body.

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

"However, to ensure that such failures never recur, a broader understanding is needed -- one that encompasses the inter-organisational and inter-hierarchical interfaces that have not yet been examined," he added.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

So frequently do these acts recur that when I was halfway through the first draft of Native Son a case paralleling Bigger’s flared forth in the newspapers of Chicago.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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