as in to rekindle
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Recent Examples of relight
Fixing the Western Auto sign Devising a plan to relight the sign has had its drama.
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
However, the engines needed for the landing burn failed to relight properly, causing the booster to tumble and break apart after hitting the sea.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 23 May 2026
Starship relights its engines again and rapidly executes a flip maneuver to reorient the spacecraft upright for a simulated landing, which will take place over the ocean.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 21 May 2026
The company also hopes to relight one of the Starship’s Raptor engines while in space.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 21 May 2026
SpaceX also intends for the upper stage to relight one of its six Raptor engines while in space, a key demonstration of technology needed for a deorbit burn when the spacecraft someday returns to Earth from space.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 17 May 2026
The Bureau of Engineering selected Tetra Tech, a global engineering firm, to fortify and relight the stretch of road that connects downtown Los Angeles to Boyle Heights, which has essentially gone dark due to the amount of copper theft plaguing the area.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Ship also managed to relight one of its Raptors in space, demonstrating an ability that will be crucial for future missions to the moon and Mars.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Fisher knows how to operate in the NIL era, though, and getting fired could relight his flame.
—Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2025
Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
However, the engines needed for the landing burn failed to relight properly, causing the booster to tumble and break apart after hitting the sea.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 23 May 2026
Starship relights its engines again and rapidly executes a flip maneuver to reorient the spacecraft upright for a simulated landing, which will take place over the ocean.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 21 May 2026
The company also hopes to relight one of the Starship’s Raptor engines while in space.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 21 May 2026
SpaceX also intends for the upper stage to relight one of its six Raptor engines while in space, a key demonstration of technology needed for a deorbit burn when the spacecraft someday returns to Earth from space.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 17 May 2026
The Bureau of Engineering selected Tetra Tech, a global engineering firm, to fortify and relight the stretch of road that connects downtown Los Angeles to Boyle Heights, which has essentially gone dark due to the amount of copper theft plaguing the area.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Ship also managed to relight one of its Raptors in space, demonstrating an ability that will be crucial for future missions to the moon and Mars.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Fisher knows how to operate in the NIL era, though, and getting fired could relight his flame.
—Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relight
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Mamdani appeared to rekindle the feud Wednesday.—
Chantz Martin OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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New romances blossom, old flames rekindle and shocking secrets will be spilled in this third series which takes everyone’s favourite rivalries to the next level.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
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While there is no set date for Punk’s WWE return, Raw will be in Chicago on July 6 and could serve as the perfect stage for Punk to appear and reignite a main event storyline.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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The song has the raw quality of someone whose heart has just been stomped on, recalling specificities like a trip to Big Sur that failed to reignite the spark and a breakdown at the LAX airport.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Tuesday also marked the start of trading for SpaceX options contracts on some exchanges, an event that could stoke even more volatility in the stock.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
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These expectations, stoked by Netanyahu and his media allies, were always unrealistic and have predictably curdled into disillusionment.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
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