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as in restores
to bring back to a former condition or vigor
the trip to New York renewed our enthusiasm for travel
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as in resumes
to begin again or return to after an interruption
with daybreak, the rescue team will renew its efforts to reach the stranded mountain climbers
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as in revives
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
the spate of recent movies based on classic comic book characters has renewed interest in the comics themselves
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as in repeats
to make or do again
I can only renew my offer to help—it's up to them to accept it
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Balloons by Tommy continues in Bensenville with his husband, Scott DeLorenzo.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024 -
The team’s work continues to show the great diversity of shapes and sizes of creatures of the deep.—
Danielle Hall,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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In this follow-up, Charlie Cox reprises his role as Matt Murdock, while Vincent D’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, and Elden Henson are back as Wilson Fisk, Karen Page, and Foggy Nelson, respectively.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025
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Best Actor winner Cillian Murphy reprises his role from the original, though the cast otherwise seems to be made up of newcomers to the English postapocalypse, including Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
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The exhibition recreates the Israeli music festival with items salvaged from the scene and witness testimonies, while asking participants to seek the return of the hostages taken at the festival.—
Martin Vassolo,
Axios,
19 Dec. 2024
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Phil Hoad recreates the story for us with a great sense of pacing and style, taking in not just the main elements of the tale, but expanding his aperture to explore the larger treasure-hunting subculture.—
Chris Wheatley,
Longreads,
3 Dec. 2024
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterates the State of Qatar's firm stance rejecting violence, terrorism, and criminal acts, regardless of their motives and reasons.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
21 Dec. 2024
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Mizuho reiterates Salesforce, Microsoft and Adobe as outperform The firm says Salesforce, Microsoft and Adobe are top ideas in 2025.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
13 Dec. 2024
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“Renews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renews. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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