recur
verb (used without object)
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
had recurred
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past perfectof recur.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Ireland centre Garry Ringrose withdrew from the British and Irish Lions starting line-up for the second Test in Australia, telling coaches that symptoms from a head knock a fortnight earlier had recurred.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
Faulty Theranos tests led one woman to believe her breast cancer had recurred when it had not.
From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2022
Doherty, the 50-year-old former star of "Beverly Hills, 90210," "Charmed" and "Heathers" revealed in February 2020 that the breast cancer she had been diagnosed with in 2015 had recurred and progressed to stage 4.
From Fox News ● Oct. 4, 2021
Doherty, the 50-year-old former star of “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “Charmed” and “Heathers” revealed in February 2020 that the breast cancer she had been diagnosed with in 2015 had recurred and progressed to stage 4.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
For several moments he had had the feeling of being back in a nightmare which had recurred from time to time throughout his life.
From "1984" by George Orwell
