enacted
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That law expired in 1801 and was never reenacted.
From Slate • Nov. 21, 2025
There isn’t much about this case that hasn’t been picked over or dramatically reenacted through third parties.
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025
Possibly all the way to Broadway, where the comedian’s co-written 1972 debut, “Fun City,” closed after nine performances — a flop that’s reenacted in “Joan” itself?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024
The reenacted scenes — drawn from Soldi’s memories of his days at an all-boys Catholic school in Peru — explore the subversion of gender expectations within childhood games.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023
They clambered out of the City of Seattle, onto the floating dock, and reenacted a universal ritual of winning crews: the dunking of the coxswain.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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