Example Sentences

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But nothing like those early large-scale public protests has recurred.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2023

"Services were restored early this morning. Unfortunately yesterday's digital banking issue has recurred and this has affected our services," Singapore-based DBS said on its Facebook page on Wednesday.

From Reuters • Nov. 24, 2021

America as ‘experiment’ — the guiding theme of two centuries, has recurred to dominate the life of the nation during every shaping period of our history.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2020

In its second half, what befalls Fiona, whether you call it stalking, worship, or desire, fits a pattern of intrusion—of orderly lives being crazed by a force from outside—that has recurred throughout McEwan’s work.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 7, 2018

I cannot tell you how often my mind has recurred to this incident, or all the help it has been to me in circumstances of difficulty in after-life.

From A Retrospect by Taylor, James Hudson