as in to rekindle
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Recent Examples of reignite
As the company works to reignite growth in an increasingly competitive market, Manz has been central to keeping the group’s transformation on track.
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Sam Birchall,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
The worry for Ukrainians is that the Iran war, which has been in abeyance for weeks, may now reignite after Iran launched missiles on Sunday at Israel in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, complicating mediation efforts for a deal to end the war.
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Pan Pylas,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2026
The letters could reignite lingering questions about the yearslong effort to secure TikTok’s future in the United States while protecting American users.
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Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
While the vehicle landed off the Gulf Coast as planned, SpaceX did acknowledge that the booster failed to reignite its engines during a procedure called a partial boostback burn.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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Sam Birchall,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
The worry for Ukrainians is that the Iran war, which has been in abeyance for weeks, may now reignite after Iran launched missiles on Sunday at Israel in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, complicating mediation efforts for a deal to end the war.
—
Pan Pylas,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2026
The letters could reignite lingering questions about the yearslong effort to secure TikTok’s future in the United States while protecting American users.
—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
While the vehicle landed off the Gulf Coast as planned, SpaceX did acknowledge that the booster failed to reignite its engines during a procedure called a partial boostback burn.
—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reignite
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The fire that broke out last week at the Lineage cold storage facility has helped to rekindle calls for additional fire department funding.
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Mamdani appeared to rekindle the feud Wednesday.
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For more than a year, the city of Kansas City had been working with the tenants of the Western Auto Lofts and its Homeowners’ Association to find a way to relight the sign prior to the start of World Cup festivities in Kansas City.
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However, the engines needed for the landing burn failed to relight properly, causing the booster to tumble and break apart after hitting the sea.
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