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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of reenact.

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Examples

  • The most well-known example is reenacted, which is the time that Meek turned down an opportunity to produce some sessions for a certain (then relatively unknown) Merseyside combo managed by a Mr. Brian Epstein.

    Hullabaloo 2009

  • We know he has "reenacted" portions of it, surely there must be a contemporaneous account of it?

    SEIU Hits Airwaves For Obama In Indiana 2009

  • I won't say much about the humor because I don't want to spoil anything, but I will love how they "reenacted" a kitschy and well known painting.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2010

  • (like in this season when they kind of reenacted a butchered version of Snow White, with Miss J as the wicked witch, Mr. Jay as some kind of prince, and Tyra eating an apple that she slobbered all over herself).

    Jezebel 2008

  • Though fewer and fewer Italian Americans know the history of which Malcolm X spoke, some have reenacted it.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • And what if after the Court reversed itself, Congress reenacted its original law — should the Supreme Court take that as a sign that the expectation of privacy is reasonable again, or only that Congress wants the Supreme Court to go away so Congress can have its modest level of statutory protection?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Thoughts on the Oral Argument in City of Ontario v. Quon 2010

  • And what if after the Court reversed itself, Congress reenacted its original law — should the Supreme Court take that as a sign that the expectation of privacy is reasonable again, or only that Congress wants the Supreme Court to go away so Congress can have its modest level of statutory protection?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Thoughts on the Reply Brief in City of Ontario v. Quon 2010

  • And for nearly two hours they were mesmerized watching Meadowlark Lemon and his teammates perform amazing stunts with a basketball, stunts that would be discussed and reenacted by young boys for weeks to come.

    The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011

  • He also doesn't kill and eat Annie, as Lt. Colson makes clear by referencing the real life Zack and Addie carnage that no one wanted to see reenacted.

    Karen Dalton-Beninato: Accentuate the Positive: Treme at The R Bar in New Orleans Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011

  • He also doesn't kill and eat Annie, as Lt. Colson makes clear by referencing the real life Zack and Addie carnage that no one wanted to see reenacted.

    Karen Dalton-Beninato: Accentuate the Positive: Treme at The R Bar in New Orleans Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011

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