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Her additional credits include a recurring role in the Prime Video miniseries Daisy Jones and the Six, opposite Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, and Suki Waterhouse.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
People who were in movies are now in TV, and everyone who was in the series-regular boat moved down to the recurring-guest boat.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2026
Straus had a recurring role in the second season of the Hulu series Nine Perfect Strangers and played the daughter of Hugh Jackman’s character in Song Sung Blue, the 2025 movie about a Neil Diamond tribute band.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026
When the show ended, Sennett found a recurring role on Boy Meets World, also appearing in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and 3rd Rock from the Sun.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
People who were in movies are now in TV, and everyone who was in the series-regular boat moved down to the recurring-guest boat.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2026
Straus had a recurring role in the second season of the Hulu series Nine Perfect Strangers and played the daughter of Hugh Jackman’s character in Song Sung Blue, the 2025 movie about a Neil Diamond tribute band.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026
When the show ended, Sennett found a recurring role on Boy Meets World, also appearing in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and 3rd Rock from the Sun.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recur
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Then Josh Kroenke, the vice chairman of the organization that owns the Nuggets, fired Malone and also announced that the current general manager Calvin Booth also wasn’t going to have his contract renewed.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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Coinciding with the launch of Playground, Netflix has unveiled new kids' shows and renewed several of its most popular series.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2026
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Mortgage rates have ticked up after recent Fed rate cuts and that dynamic could easily reoccur.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
17 Dec. 2025
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Deterrence Peace lasts when the parties trust that the violence won’t reoccur.—
Valerie Morkevicius,
The Conversation,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Recur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recur. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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