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Recent Examples of refrain
Other common refrains on their content include Dodger fans disowning them.
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Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
This has more or less been an organizational refrain for multiple years now, from team president Josh Kroenke all the way down to the end of the bench.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
Everyone knew Paul Revere is a refrain that echoes throughout the book.
—John Baldoni, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
In the Oval Office Friday, Trump said the reduction in shipments from China means the United States is no longer losing money — a frequent if highly inaccurate refrain from the president that mistakenly equates a trade imbalance with losses.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
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Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
This has more or less been an organizational refrain for multiple years now, from team president Josh Kroenke all the way down to the end of the bench.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
Everyone knew Paul Revere is a refrain that echoes throughout the book.
—John Baldoni, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
In the Oval Office Friday, Trump said the reduction in shipments from China means the United States is no longer losing money — a frequent if highly inaccurate refrain from the president that mistakenly equates a trade imbalance with losses.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refrain
chorus
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The recent bond-market struggles are being treated by a growing chorus of investment professionals as an ominous message about the unreliability of once-safe assets, the obsolescence of the balanced stock-bond portfolio and the need for new sources of diversification.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 May 2025
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The voices of the opera’s chorus are being provided by a choir which John conducts, the Pacific Coast Chorale, supplemented by two onstage choristers.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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“Refrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refrain. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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