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recur

[ri-kur] / rɪˈkɜr /


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As the crowd filed out of the Herzog, one reaction seemed to recur more than any other: “That was wild.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

But “Kiki” holds several themes that recur in Miyazaki’s work.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Long-simmering frustration over the state's lack of accountability created the conditions for this "implosion", he told the BBC, adding that the architecture of social media makes such eruptions likely to recur.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

These changes do not always mean cancer is present, but they should be evaluated if they continue or recur.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Nonetheless, visitors to Andean history note certain ways of doing things that recur in ways striking to the outsider, sometimes in one variant, sometimes in another, like the themes in a jazz improvisation.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The combination of text and image recurs throughout Lynch’s paintings as well, where captions often make distressing narratives explicit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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 conflict between “progress” and “tradition” has never been resolved, and recurs in every generation.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 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

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’s a thematic mix that has recurred, at varying intensities, throughout Lemon’s influential but branding-resistant career.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2024

Since then, those diseases have recurred only in discrete communities where vaccine resistance reigns, and among the unvaccinated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

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

The Swede, who’s lived in L.A. for nearly a decade, hosts a secretive, recurring party at the bar called SOUP.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Palmer was hampered by a recurring groin injury in 2025-26, which former Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca - who is now boss at Manchester City - said did not make sense.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Securing Chinese guarantees to purchase US agricultural goods, particularly soybeans, has been a recurring objective in trade talks with Beijing.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

But in CrowdStrike’s case, for instance, the pricing model may have contributed to growth in the company’s annual recurring revenue beyond what Weed thinks would have been possible from true demand.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Teenage defectors from the North, when they arrive in South Korea, have told government counselors of a recurring dream: they are sitting at a table with their families, eating warm rice.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden




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