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Resurgent means literally a "rising again". We may speak of a resurgent baseball team, a resurgent steel industry, the resurgence of jogging, or a resurgence of violence in a war zone. Resurgence is particularly prominent in its Italian translation, risorgimento. In the 19th century, when the Italian peninsula consisted of a number of small independent states, a popular movement known as the Risorgimento managed to unify the peninsula and create the modern state of Italy in 1870.
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Fast forward a decade, and under Payton, the resurgent Broncos have had one tight end with 25 or more targets (Trautman) in ’23; none in ’24 (Krull led the TE room in targets, though, with 23); and one in ’25 (Engram, with 76).
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
The resurgent Phillies have won all six of Wheeler's starts this season since the right-hander returned from surgery last September for a blood clot discovered in his right shoulder.
—CBS News, 23 May 2026
The appointment of Arne Slot as Klopp’s successor coincided with a resurgent Salah producing one of the greatest individual seasons in the history of English football in 2024-25.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 22 May 2026
Both novels reward rereading during our own age of plutocratic media ownership and resurgent imperial folly.
—Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
The resurgent Phillies have won all six of Wheeler's starts this season since the right-hander returned from surgery last September for a blood clot discovered in his right shoulder.
—CBS News, 23 May 2026
The appointment of Arne Slot as Klopp’s successor coincided with a resurgent Salah producing one of the greatest individual seasons in the history of English football in 2024-25.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 22 May 2026
Both novels reward rereading during our own age of plutocratic media ownership and resurgent imperial folly.
—Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
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“Resurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurgent. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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resurgent
adjective
re·sur·gent
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: undergoing or tending to produce resurgence
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