Example Sentences

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That nightmare will recur on a fiendish loop, howling through the coming years and decades, savaging Duke-lovers with groans and winces.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2022

His quotes will recur in an assortment of follow-up reports and think pieces.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2021

Once they have data about past extreme events, researchers have a couple of ways in which they can predict how often extremes will recur.

From Nature • Mar. 6, 2018

The 39-year-old's meningioma was benign, and there's only a slight chance it will recur.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2017

That illustrates an issue that will recur throughout this book.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond