as in remembering
to experience (something) again in your imagination
an athlete trying to relive his glory days He would sometimes relive the battle in his dreams.
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Recent Examples of reliving
And a lot of it in the beginning was about kind of reliving and thinking through what went down during Covid.
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Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 Apr. 2026
Many were also reliving the memory of two other space flights that ended in tragedy.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
What appears to be a bouncy, silly romp about a slightly surreal situation (Murray plays Phil, a weatherman reliving the same day over and over) is, at its core, actually quite deep.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
The book tells the story of a woman who blames herself for her parents' death and who becomes a client of a group that offers the experience of reliving the death of another person.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Testifying at her own trial had been an excruciating exercise, Wilkens told me, not only because describing the abuse meant reliving it.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Perhaps the only thing better than winning a title is reliving it.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
But after spending time visiting his family in Louisiana last year, reliving childhood memories of watching his mother and aunts in the kitchen, the idea once again entered his head.
—Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 7 Mar. 2026
The Kodak Ektar Reusable H35 Half Frame Film Camera gives photos a cool, vintage look that makes reliving the trip genuinely fun, like rediscovering memories instead of scrolling past them.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 Apr. 2026
Many were also reliving the memory of two other space flights that ended in tragedy.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
What appears to be a bouncy, silly romp about a slightly surreal situation (Murray plays Phil, a weatherman reliving the same day over and over) is, at its core, actually quite deep.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
The book tells the story of a woman who blames herself for her parents' death and who becomes a client of a group that offers the experience of reliving the death of another person.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Testifying at her own trial had been an excruciating exercise, Wilkens told me, not only because describing the abuse meant reliving it.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Perhaps the only thing better than winning a title is reliving it.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
But after spending time visiting his family in Louisiana last year, reliving childhood memories of watching his mother and aunts in the kitchen, the idea once again entered his head.
—Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 7 Mar. 2026
The Kodak Ektar Reusable H35 Half Frame Film Camera gives photos a cool, vintage look that makes reliving the trip genuinely fun, like rediscovering memories instead of scrolling past them.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliving
remembering
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Beaming staff keep days effortlessly seamless, remembering you from one day to the next at breakfast, offering to take photos at La Plage, not batting an eyelid when requests to tweak meals are made.—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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Levinson weaved the footage into early portions of Sunday night’s episode, when Rue is remembering parts of her life and her younger self, including her friendship with Fez.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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