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remake

[ree-mayk, ree-mayk] / riˈmeɪk, ˈriˌmeɪk /
















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“Yell at me, not him,” Woodward told a judge last month, referring to a colleague who faced a grilling over Trump’s plans to remake a historic public golf course.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

"The remake really leans into the surreal, uncanny nature of the original dungeon."

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

So how do you remake what many consider a masterpiece?

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

A remake of 1990s action-adventure classic "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time", which comes out Thursday, has sparked nostalgic fan excitement.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

Both are part of a larger desire, not to remake the world in our image but to recast ourselves and our environment in ideal form.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

Adaptations, remakes and reboots are all the rage right now, and there’s often one question that crops up - why?

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

When Japanese horror was virtually unknown in the 2000s, he produced hit remakes of “The Ring” and “The Grudge.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The upcoming release comes at a time when reboots, reunions and remakes are dominating film and TV lists.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

And that I found very, very inspiring, very encouraging — that television and film should be pushing itself continually for that original material and not relying on remakes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

The virtuous man is not one who remakes the world, or draws upon it for his private uses; even less one who rails against it, or complains that it has used him ill.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry

Over roughly the last decade, NorthPoint built the logistics park that remade Edgerton from a quiet farming town into a lucrative industrial hub.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Founded in 2009, Uber remade the urban transportation sector by disrupting markets dominated by taxi and private car companies, allowing people to use their own vehicles to give others rides.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

It's not the first time the classic game has been remade, but Jeff Adams, experience director at co-developers Crystal Dynamics, told me reimagining it was still a "very delicate formula".

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

“Lanterns,” which unfolds across two timelines, is the boldest entry so far in James Gunn’s remade DC Universe.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

You have seen in this conversation that the struggle has ruptured and remade me several times over—in Baltimore, at The Mecca, in fatherhood, in New York.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

And in the long term, I wondered if with 30 more years of technological advancements, Nintendo might consider remaking the game once again.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

So will there be any point in remaking a game from 2026 in, say, 2038?

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The building, formally Building 13, is at the center of a long-running dispute over the character of development that is remaking the 388-acre campus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Benson, the cybersecurity worker, first turned to Starbucks baristas for help remaking his old drink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“But the rules—” “We’re the third party. We’ve already broken rules. Or maybe what we’re doing is remaking them. Wait, I have this brilliant idea!”

From "The Misfits" by James Howe


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