retell
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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
She did not need to retell this story; she could have left it out completely, and unless you had been there, you wouldn’t have known that it ever happened.
From Salon • Apr. 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
I really want to tell, retell, those stories.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
While making New Year’s resolutions, we also count our blessings and retell stories about the past year and the lessons we have learned and what we can do to be better this year.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
Vocabulary lists containing retell
Vocabulary of the Common Core
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Conventions, Writing to Sources, and Speaking & Listening, Unit 1
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