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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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The resurgent Fire, under coach Gregg Berhalter, also has a lot to play for.
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Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Trent Grisham has been resurgent in the leadoff spot, Ben Rice has emerged as a multi-positional left-handed slugger, and Stanton has returned from injury to post huge numbers since the middle of June.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Cole Burston/Getty Images Mo Dakhil of Bleacher Report posits that Bridges, acquired in a blockbuster summer trade last year, could be in line for a resurgent performative uptick in 2025-26.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Encircled by mountains and dotted with working ranches, this pastoral basin has become ground zero for California’s fraught and complicated relationship with its resurgent population of gray wolves.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Trent Grisham has been resurgent in the leadoff spot, Ben Rice has emerged as a multi-positional left-handed slugger, and Stanton has returned from injury to post huge numbers since the middle of June.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Cole Burston/Getty Images Mo Dakhil of Bleacher Report posits that Bridges, acquired in a blockbuster summer trade last year, could be in line for a resurgent performative uptick in 2025-26.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Encircled by mountains and dotted with working ranches, this pastoral basin has become ground zero for California’s fraught and complicated relationship with its resurgent population of gray wolves.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Resurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurgent. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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resurgent
adjective
re·sur·gent
-jənt 
: undergoing or tending to produce resurgence
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