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The movie retells the story of Romeo and Juliet.
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Now, the inspiring and heartbreaking story is reaching the hearts of moviegoers with The Miracle Season — a tear-jerking retelling playing in theaters.
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Myths have been endlessly retold, in different ways, for different cultural moments.
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The book retold not only McCain's dramatic Vietnam War exploits — the USS Forrestal disaster and his POW camp trauma — but also familiarized readers with his family's military tradition.
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This new musical retells the dramatic tale of a romantic hero with aerial acrobatics, sword-fighting and magic all set to the famous red-hot Gipsy Kings beat.
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And originally, Katrina was supposed to be based on the The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley, a 768-page epic that retells the events of Katrina from multiple narrative perspectives.
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But, Alderman said, that log cabin still can be useful as a way for that community to identify itself with Lincoln's legacy and to have a role in retelling his story.
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She and her husband, Rick, of Niles, said Teller reveled in retelling stories from his previous life of crime.
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The resulting novel is more remix than retelling, transforming a romance, a river, a father and plentiful tree imagery into an elegant meditation on modern-day emotion.
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First Known Use of retell
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Definition of retell for English Language Learners
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: to tell (a story) again especially in a different way
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