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recur

[ri-kur] / rɪˈkɜr /


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“I got the audition last year, about April,” Callan recalled, “just to recur. And I said, ‘This is silly, they’re not going to cast a Los Angeles actor to go recur in Massachusetts.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Though feelings of loneliness, fear and despair recur throughout “Inferno,” the record’s textural variety and steady rhythmic pulse make it approachable.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

"By targeting N4BP2 or the pathways it activates, we may be able to limit the genomic chaos that allows tumors to adapt, recur and become drug-resistant."

From Science Daily Feb. 16, 2026

Stella said he did not expect the problem to recur at this weekend's Qatar Grand Prix.

From BBC Nov. 27, 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

Triple-negative breast cancer recurs and spreads after an average of around 2½ years, compared with five years for other breast cancers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

It's a theme that recurs on subsequent tracks - perhaps suggesting that BTS were wary about dipping their toes back into the choppy waters of fame.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jan. 7, 2026

That bracing fusion recurs in gallery after gallery.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 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

So it's interesting that it recurred on the McLaren in Las Vegas.

From BBC Nov. 25, 2025

The Verdie role recurred over the nine seasons the show ran.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2025

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

It might not kill, but it weakened and it recurred and it could lower one’s resistance to other diseases.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

History has a recurring role at the Supreme Court.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

The recurring data series would sit alongside official monthly labor force survey and payroll indicators released by the national data agency.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The fear of returning to live in the building where the earthquake occurred is also a recurring theme.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

He pointed to its record quarterly revenue of $6.62 billion in the fiscal second quarter of 2026, as well as its AI-related annual recurring revenue that now stands above $500 million.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

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

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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