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recur

[ri-kur] / rɪˈkɜr /


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These alternately grave and impish modes recur throughout the show, aptly subtitled “Serious Play,” often combining in a single image.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 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

In fact, they are a feature of the landscape, exacerbated by our fire suppression practices, and will recur reliably, as they have forever.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

Malignant brain tumours often recur despite surgery and post-treatment with chemotherapy and radiation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024

The pattern would recur over and over, but there was an important exception.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik