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reread

[ree-reed, ree-reed] / riˈrid, ˈriˌrid /
VERB
read again
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He even thinks the tech could get people to reread old favorites: "Now is the time to maybe dive into areas where it was really hard to do in the past."

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Mock, who reread The Lord of the Rings every year from fourth grade through ninth grade, has simpler dreams: “a hobbit hole out in the countryside, and as little as possible.”

From Slate May 28, 2026

“And they are classic because they allowed us to reread it, and they speak in the present. That’s magic.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

When I reread it again, I felt like our main character, Lauren Olamina, being 15 years old, having this level of invincibility that 15-year-olds feel, is so needed.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

I settle into the seat, reread Erin’s letter, and try to feel hopeful for the future.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

Here, Henry discusses her writing process, an author she rereads every year and the meaning behind the Taylor Swift needle-drop in “People We Meet on Vacation.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 19, 2026

Even on rereads, which I try to do every year, I find my heart racing and my palms sweating within a hundred pages.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2025

He rereads them every so often, refusing to forget any detail or teaching.

From Seattle Times Feb. 18, 2023

Jacobs-Jenkins: This was one of my Covid rereads, and it’s an amazing book.

From New York Times Jun. 22, 2022

He reads and rereads the words of Herr Friedrick Thiessen, finding them both familiar and entrancing.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

On my recent rereading of “The Secret Garden,” I was delighted by the moment when Mary, initially pale and peevish and uninterested in her breakfast, begins wandering the grounds with a jump rope in hand.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

The 250th anniversary of July 4, 1776, comes up next year, and many of us are rereading the old documents.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2025

In a tribute to the writer on his 90th birthday last year, MV Shreyams Kumar, the managing director of Mathrubhumi, wrote that Nair was always reading and rereading books.

From BBC Dec. 25, 2024

I’ve been rereading some golden oldies most recently: “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” “The Three Pillars of Zen” and I’m making my way through “The Complete Sherlock Holmes.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2024

The letter was from Amalia to Mirjam, something Mirjam was rereading in class.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse




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