as in reviving
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
the trip to Ireland rekindled her interest in learning Gaelic
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Each garment at 110 Mercer Street continues the brand’s commitment to handcraftsmanship, reviving historical techniques such as lace-making, metal threadwork and glass bead embroidery.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025 -
Is sporting Halloween fashion really that much worse than reviving 1980s deadstock denim?—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
24 Oct. 2025
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Auerbach's book is genuinely horrifying, resurrecting that visceral terror of 'stranger-danger' most of us learned as kids.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Forty years ago, the Nintendo Entertainment System hit North American shores, singlehandedly resurrecting the video-game market after its infamous post-Atari crash in 1983.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Oct. 2025
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All the more reason to shop around before renewing your policy, said Daniel Bortz, personal finance editor at AARP.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Zimbabwe is renewing efforts to ditch the US dollar as the dominant form of tender in the southern African nation by leaning on government officials to de-dollarize the economy by 2030.—
Tawanda Karombo,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Rekindling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rekindling. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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