repeat
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He’d forget names and repeat himself, but he was otherwise fine.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
A repeat of the eurozone debt crisis appears unlikely for now despite falling French government bond prices and rising yields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Fifa insisted the committee was independent but its legal committee is now reviewing a proposal to amend its disciplinary code, which would prevent a repeat, with an update due in December.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
This could help explain why people sometimes repeat harmful patterns in relationships or continue interpreting situations negatively despite evidence that challenges their assumptions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
I repeat aloud to myself what I heard Xander say earlier, “Wow.”
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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The pattern repeats ad nauseum, in slightly different permutations.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
"There are dark chapters in history that we must nevertheless be aware of. And yes, history undoubtedly repeats itself," she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Figuring out what can feed everyone, based on the time, cost and ingredients on hand, is a struggle that repeats every day around 5:30 p.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Every subsequent concert just rinses and repeats the same story.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Eyes wild and spit flying from his mouth as he repeats this line over and over: “Nobody touch Mexico! Nobody touch Mexico! Nobody touch Mexico!”
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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"For the 42 million hotel nights forecast for 2026, that's not major. But watch out you don't underestimate the effects from repeated incidents."
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
In a subsequent phone call, he repeated that he would not pursue an untruthful claim and said he would arrange for the £250 down payment to be repaid.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
He noted that the father received multiple warnings about his son’s “reckless riding,” which led to repeated injuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
He lays back, then builds momentum through repeated upper-register notes and midrange-thrums, and finally tugs at the Afro-Latin figures tucked within the tune.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The Mirror repeated itself, and this time, Jack could have sworn the genie smiled.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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By examining changes in the jets and repeating patterns in their brightness, the team calculated that the two black holes appear to complete an orbit around each other approximately every 121 days.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
He added: "There is no place for any form of racism, antisemitism, discrimination in British politics, and we all should be relentless in repeating that and taking the firmest possible action."
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
She also expressed hope that other economies dealing with high debt and widening deficits will receive the message the IMF has been repeating through the week:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The toy company is trying different things in hopes of repeating the huge success of the 2023 “Barbie” film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
I picked through the clothes scattered on the carpet, silently repeating Dad’s favorite phrase, It's all good.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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