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Recent Examples of reawaken
Shingles, or herpes zoster, is caused by the same virus responsible for chickenpox, which lies dormant in nerve cells after an initial infection and can reawaken decades later, causing painful rashes.
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 5 Apr. 2025
Over the decades, sleeping rock giants like Led Zeppelin, the Police, Cream, the Byrds, the Velvet Underground, Simon and Garfunkel, and Talking Heads have briefly reawakened to play a few songs before returning to their slumbers.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
That translates into skin maintenance in all its forms—leaning into an arsenal of beauty tools, hi-tech ingredients, and loads of SPF to reawaken and rejuvenate radiance before heading into summer.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2025
January 1964 was also notable for a development on the pitch: the first time the surnames Law, Best and Charlton appeared in the same XI.
Denis Law, George Best and Charlton reawakened United and Old Trafford after an understandable post-Munich depression.
—Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 5 Apr. 2025
Over the decades, sleeping rock giants like Led Zeppelin, the Police, Cream, the Byrds, the Velvet Underground, Simon and Garfunkel, and Talking Heads have briefly reawakened to play a few songs before returning to their slumbers.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
That translates into skin maintenance in all its forms—leaning into an arsenal of beauty tools, hi-tech ingredients, and loads of SPF to reawaken and rejuvenate radiance before heading into summer.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2025
January 1964 was also notable for a development on the pitch: the first time the surnames Law, Best and Charlton appeared in the same XI.
Denis Law, George Best and Charlton reawakened United and Old Trafford after an understandable post-Munich depression.
—Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reawaken
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Funding for Trump’s mass deportation operation The legislation would provide $46.5 billion to revive construction of Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and more money for the deportation agenda.—
Kevin Freking,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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Craft breweries across the country are quietly redefining what lager can be, reviving old-world techniques with new-world swagger.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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These wildfires, while destructive, have also provided researchers with insights into giant sequoia ecology, revealing that moderate-severity burns can stimulate seed release and create favorable germination conditions.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Muscles, heart rate, strength, motor control — and the brain — all are stimulated by exercise.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
23 May 2025
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But if Washington follows a few principles, such improvements will not necessarily provoke Chinese aggression.—
Oriana Skylar Mastro,
Foreign Affairs,
20 May 2025
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Doctors gave her Pitocin, a medication used to provoke contractions, and a Foley balloon, which is a catheter-like device that gets the cervix to dilate.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Cook, stirring constantly until clear and thickened.—
Kelly Brant,
Arkansas Online,
13 May 2025
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Promoting Marina without discussing it with him first makes Lara look like she’s known about Marina’s greatness all along, without giving the captain credit for stirring the department in the right direction.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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Knowledge can excite wonder but so too can a joking voice, a sympathetic gesture and an unforeseen act of kindness.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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The work’s prospect for enhancing our understanding of gravitational-wave sources excites scientists who are gearing up for this new wave of detectors.—
Ramin Skibba,
Scientific American,
13 May 2025
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“Reawaken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reawaken. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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