repeat
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And that can lead to repeat visits from guests, who want to feel like they’re in a constantly changing world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The findings showed that people have a strong tendency to repeat decisions they have made before, even when those earlier choices may no longer be the best fit for the current situation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
She struggles with repeat infections of all kinds — ear infections, conjunctivitis, pneumonia — and the drug, which is approved to treat cystic fibrosis, has helped keep her healthy.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I hope we don’t repeat the error that has lasted for almost 70 years.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Don’t come up, I repeat to myself, willing Aunt Tess to stay where she is.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Garden eventually went on record to suggest that the lack of repeats was punishment for the trio's "disloyalty", saying in 2020: "It seems they've held that grudge ever since."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Humans are raised to accept such things are part of a cycle that repeats no matter what we do, and regardless of whether whatever we’re doing impacts that cycle.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
She repeats the binary pattern as she ranges from “Star Wars” to toys to “bumbling” dads like Homer Simpson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
When either of the two scores, Klugo releases a full-chested yell in celebration, and they slapped hands, a rhythm that repeats until the sets are over, until the game is over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Did you hear me? Warning, not watch,” she repeats.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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This can lead to severe shortness of breath, fatigue, and repeated trips to the hospital.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
That process must be repeated, in reverse, at the destination port.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Throughout his storied career as a media executive, Bob Iger has made repeated attempts to own a major sports franchise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The billionaire has since repeated that he is keeping the option of striking Tehran on the table, but prefers to stress the economic damage inflicted on the country through economic sanctions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
He repeated America’s commitment to defend West Berlin and all it stood for.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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That story goes on repeating itself as fiercely as if it had never happened before, and I suspect it always will.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
"There is not only a process of repeating signs: there is real visuo-spatial planning, as if the authors already had an overall image of the figure in mind before engraving it."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Prosecutors asked that the charges be dismissed because the evidence no longer supported Pirro’s claim, evidence that, it bears repeating, had been available to the government the entire time.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Nobody will be betting a brass farthing on history repeating itself, though.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
It was all things she’d heard before, after all; Mama was repeating it because she was nervous.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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