recur
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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
The intention is generous: to draw Golding into a wider contemporary conversation, to show how persistently his ideas recur.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 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
It has been suggested that the major ice ages on our planet, which recur every hundred million years or so, may be due to the interposition of interstellar matter between the Sun and the Earth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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One line that recurs is an old Buddhist teaching, “Advance to paradise, retreat to hell.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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
Thus throughout history a struggle which is the same in its main outlines recurs over and over again.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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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
Ireland centre Garry Ringrose withdrew from the British and Irish Lions starting line-up for the second Test in Australia, telling coaches that symptoms from a head knock a fortnight earlier had recurred.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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
For several moments he had had the feeling of being back in a nightmare which had recurred from time to time throughout his life.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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Another recurring market fear – the “SaaSpocalypse” – loomed large.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
According to the researchers, this recurring pattern illustrates the experimental nature of evolution.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Some hospitals that provide emergency medical services but not trauma care, including Catalina Island Health and MLK hospital, are pushing for the county to help them by providing recurring disbursements of Measure B funds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Net dollar retention rate, a measure of recurring revenue retained from existing customers over 12 months, was 136% at the end of the second quarter, thanks to customers purchasing additional licenses and AI credit add-ons.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
He continued to have recurring attacks of malaria and painful abscesses in his leg.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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