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Pope Francis had performed this ceremony, which re-enacts Jesus's gesture toward his apostles, among marginalised people, whether prisoners, migrants or the homeless.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The video ends with a grand group dance which re-enacts the last few seconds of the original song.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2023

Immediately following a table of contents featuring Festive Brie Bites, Stepped-Up Sausage Balls and Pantry Pizza Pronto, the self-proclaimed “accidental country girl” re-enacts the cover of her first book, “The Pioneer Woman Cooks.”

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2021

To watch as Wile E. Coyote chases the Roadrunner through “Mad Max: Fury Road,” or as Granny re-enacts bullet-time martial arts moves from “The Matrix,” is to discover the answer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2021

In 1903 came the intelligent Elkins Bill against discrimination, which merely re-enacts the common law, and up to within two or three years has proved the only really effective measure of controlling the rates themselves.

From Popular Law-making by Stimson, Frederic Jesup