How to Use reoccur in a Sentence
reoccur
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As some economies around the world re-open, virus breakouts may reoccur.
—John Detrixhe, Quartz, 13 May 2020
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Flashbacks of finding her mom would reoccur and morph into scenes from her rape.
—Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 11 May 2021
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The signpost that reoccurs most often for me is the smell of lemon zest, almost fizzy in its direct attack on my nostrils.
—Frances Leech, Longreads, 3 May 2018
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The sportsman, who doctors told it was unlikely his AVM would reoccur, also went on to become a father of two little girls.
—Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 10 Sep. 2019
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Why does this type of content – in one format or another – continue to reoccur?
—refinery29.com, 21 June 2021
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Whether coronavirus will reoccur is anyone's guess, Hotez said.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 3 Mar. 2020
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Boxall had a nightmarish game in that 4-3 loss to Toronto, but teammates and Heath credited him with putting his hand up, owning the mistakes and not allowing them to reoccur.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2019
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For starters, there’s too much money at stake — for corporate sponsors, media outlets, leagues and players — to allow such a failure to reoccur.
—Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
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Research at the time predicted these blobs would reoccur naturally every one to five years.
—Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 20 Feb. 2022
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True, many people who believe pray for miracles to reoccur and believe that our Torah reinforces the idea that miracles are the essential conduits to faith.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 19 June 2017
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Woodpeckers feature in her work and reoccur in Chickasaw art.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
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Most of these problems are likely one-off issues and unlikely to reoccur, but the time taken to follow that process though is there forever, and all organizations do is add more and more.
—Jason Gould, Forbes, 6 May 2022
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My suggestion – call an all-hands meeting and outline protocols to ensure that what happened this morning doesn’t reoccur.
—Anchorage Daily News, 27 Oct. 2020
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Phrases and motifs reoccur, brief sketches connect related ideas, longer tracks are sometimes built from two shorter ones.
—Mark Richardson, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2021
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Despite addressing some of these issues, TfL does not have confidence that similar issues will not reoccur in the future, which has led it to conclude that the company is not fit and proper at this time.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2019
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In a study recently published in Science Advances, Machlis and his coauthors developed a framework for responding to disasters that reoccur in the same place within a short time.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2022
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Market participants are asking for two things: relief from massive power bills and longer-term fixes to ensure blackouts and sustained price spikes don’t reoccur.
—Russell Gold, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2021
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Fungal problems can reoccur when re-sodding due to extensive watering and frequent rains during the summer.
—Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2017
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In the ordinance, a parent is informed and or warned of the bullying and if an incident reoccurs within a three-month period parents can get a ticket, according to City Attorney Chris Smith.
—Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2018
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Usually resolved with rest and icing, overuse injuries that reoccur or are left untreated can be catastrophic, Dr. DesJardins says.
—Orthocincy - Matthew T. Desjardins, Cincinnati.com, 22 Jan. 2018
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For many people, parosmia tends to occur or reoccur at the three-month mark, about the time olfactory neurons would naturally be regenerating, experts told CNN.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 Oct. 2022
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The multinational firm has been under scrutiny ever since to ensure such incidents don't reoccur.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
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Caught in a frightening quagmire, U.S. troops employed abuses that would reoccur in essentially every conflict with similar dynamics in the years since.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 11 Jan. 2022
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Before the heat wave began, power company officials warned outages may reoccur as people ramp up their air conditioning.
—Kristin Lam, USA TODAY, 21 July 2019
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One thing that seems to reoccur in these clustering algorithms is that South Asians with elevated East Asian ancestry are often thrown together into one pot, despite very diverse origins.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2012
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Whatever cost overruns created by 18 months of Covid-specific delays will not reoccur, assuming James Bond 26 doesn’t open amid a surprise global pandemic.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
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Kay, worried such an incident may reoccur, goes to visit elderly care facilities in Melbourne, a decision that Sam finds outrageous.
—Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 10 July 2020
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The money will only make a dent and stabilize the property, but without substantial rehabilitation, problems will reoccur, Preston told The Chronicle.
—Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 July 2021
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Yellow's mood improving qualities could be assumed to help seasonal affective disorder -- a specific type of depression that reoccurs each year during fall and winter, and is believed to be influenced by lack of sunlight.
—Sebastián Baptista, CNN, 30 June 2017
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