as in to revive
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
the trip to Ireland rekindled her interest in learning Gaelic
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Recent Examples of rekindle
Rumors that the pair had rekindled their romance began to swirl after they were spotted on vacation together in August 2023.
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 16 May 2025
Dawson hopes to rekindle his relationship with his date, Joey, who's supposedly chosen her friendship with him over her budding romance with Pacey.
—Breanne L. Heldman, EW.com, 24 May 2025
Part of the fun of the film is in seeing how other people react to the fact that March is keen to rekindle his bond with his wife, regardless of her new status as electrical appliance.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 21 May 2025
On cross examination, defense lawyers questioned why Morgan has not rekindled her relationship with Ventura.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 19 May 2025
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 16 May 2025
Dawson hopes to rekindle his relationship with his date, Joey, who's supposedly chosen her friendship with him over her budding romance with Pacey.
—Breanne L. Heldman, EW.com, 24 May 2025
Part of the fun of the film is in seeing how other people react to the fact that March is keen to rekindle his bond with his wife, regardless of her new status as electrical appliance.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 21 May 2025
On cross examination, defense lawyers questioned why Morgan has not rekindled her relationship with Ventura.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rekindle
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In recent years, critics like White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller have revived the concept of reverse discrimination.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Her outfit not only revived a late ’90s Mugler design, but the little black dress also nodded to an ongoing trend of creative takes on the wardrobe staple.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
5 June 2025
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In later years, Crawford resurrected his legal career, as a dedicated Indianapolis defense attorney.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Now Orozco resurrects one of the archaic and at the same time transhistorical models and actually functioning structures that had always fused function, use value, and immaterial spirituality: the architectural typology of the bridge.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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The first season of Nobody Wants This became an instant hit, with Netflix announcing its decision to renew the series for a second installment in October 2024.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
2 June 2025
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Los Angeles County renews focus on phonics In the last few years, several larger districts in California have started to embrace more structured phonics learning, including Los Angeles Unified, Long Beach Unified and Oakland Unified.—
Jenny Gold,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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“Rekindle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rekindle. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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