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retell

[ree-tel] / riˈtɛl /








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Anthony Puzo, Mario Puzo's son, told Publishers Weekly: "We had been looking for someone to retell the story from a new perspective."

From Barron's May 14, 2026

But much like Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet,” she’s not trying to retell this famous tale; she’s reimagining it as the outsized, grand spectacle it has become in both public consciousness and personal affection.

From Salon Feb. 14, 2026

Now “Five Bullets,” by Elliot Williams, and “Fear and Fury,” by Heather Ann Thompson, retell the story.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

Before the alert was added, she frequently had to retell the story of how he was failed.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2025

Suesetta and I retell the whole conversation to each other, like we need to hear it again in order to understand what just happened.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

Giant, the new film starring Pierce Brosnan and Amir El-Masry, retells the coach and fighter's relationship.

From BBC Jan. 9, 2026

Roberto José Andrade Franco retells the saga of Oscar De La Hoya versus Julio Cesar Chávez, landing less on the side of the former than pointing out the assimilationist façade of the Golden Boy.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 21, 2025

Osbourne retells the infamous story of orally beheading an unsuspecting bat.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

It retells the story using interviews and a great deal of footage from the actual show, which underlines how innovative it was.

From New York Times May 3, 2024

In other words, the song relives and retells the experiences of a child in another century and makes her story highly relatable to us today.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Instead, it will be retold as something far more epic than that.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

There’s a story that is told and retold about this kind of inequality and why it “makes sense.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

Chuckling as she retold the story, Fiona said: "Now do I look like the type?"

From BBC Jan. 10, 2026

In a now-famous theme park moment, and one retold in the book, Atencio apologized to Disney, who shrugged off Atencio’s insecurity.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 5, 2025

That year, 1831, when Harriet regarded herself as sufficiently grown up to wear a bandanna, she kept hearing a strange, fascinating story, told and retold, in the quarter, in the fields.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

This production feels like a fleeting moment — a reunion of friends and collaborators retelling a myth that is recounted over and over again.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

In his retelling of Homer’s epic poem, Nolan imagines Odysseus as a man haunted by the sacking of Troy.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

Throughout his lively retelling of the story, he added a series of sound effects to move the story line — among them, wacha, pum, pum, pum, gol.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

Luail is an all-Ireland professional dance company and Trojans is an up-to-date retelling of The Aeneid, complete with electronic music and striking visuals.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

"You and me and Haymitch. Very cozy. Picnics, birthdays, long winter nights around the fire retelling old Hunger Games' tales."

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins




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