repeat
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The researchers warn that history could repeat itself if modern marine species face increasingly warm, oxygen depleted waters.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
While there was no repeat of the previous day's strikes by Friday evening in the Gulf, Iran reiterated its determination to hit back if attacked.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Emmy voters love repeat winners and nominees, which is why most of the categories have a very “the gang’s all here” vibe about them.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
World number one Sinner, who defeated Jan-Lennard Struff earlier on Tuesday, will be hoping to derail the Serb's efforts in a repeat of last year's semi-final.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
I learned from Xander that when you really mean things, you repeat them.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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Belgium must hope history repeats itself, after they beat Spain on penalties in the quarter-finals of Mexico '86.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Instead, the agreement largely repeats promises Iran has made before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Hartnett repeats a view from last week’s Flow Show strategy note in which he picked consumer stocks as his preferred contrarian play to benefit from the peace dividend should the conflict with Iran conclusively end.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
They look to find situations that have worked in the past, buy in, and hope history repeats itself.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Please work,” he repeats, this time raspier and more panicked.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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He also said Ukraine needed to make preparations for winter, following repeated Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy grid each year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remembered Graham as a steadfast supporter of Ukraine, noting the senator’s repeated visits to the country following Russia’s full-scale invasion.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
One of the early leaders of the Coastal Commission, the late Peter Douglas, anticipated these trials and uttered a phrase I’ve repeated many times over the years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
The study also disproves the widely repeated claim that baby rattlesnakes cannot control how much venom they release and therefore inject all of it when they bite.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
“The Ho-lo-caust,” Maya-Jade repeated, enunciating each syllable like a kindergarten teacher.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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In the year of the 50th anniversary of the Coastal Act, it’s worth repeating once more, and you should think of it as a a clarion call:
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
"Is the situation really so dire that we'll now accept Dwayne Johnson repeating the exact same voice performance he gave a decade ago?" she wrote.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
By repeating this process through multiple cycles, the chip independently builds 64 unique DNA sequences across its surface.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
“This is not about you or me,” she kept repeating, “this is about European solidarity in a time of crisis.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
“No hopeless case is truly without hope,” she reminded herself, then soothed her nerves by repeating under her breath, “The capital of Russia is Saint Petersburg!” over and over again.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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