as in to revive
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
the media coverage of the dramatic escape has rewaked concerns about security at the prison
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The Philippines, which recently declared a national energy emergency, is also considering reviving a nuclear plant built in the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis but was never turned on.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026 -
Frank Zappa’s estate has revived their archival Vaulternative Records for the first time in nearly a decade to showcase a Mothers of Invention session from 1966.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2026
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Another witness is Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (1864), resurrected from his resting place among the Black soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.—
Tyehimba Jess,
ARTnews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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This project was briefly resurrected in the 1940s, but again nothing materialized.—
Ryan Mancini,
The Hill,
16 Apr. 2026
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There is something to be said for admitting that the prospects of disagreement are permanent and that wisdom consists not in tearing up the peace treaty but in renewing it.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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In April, Argentina renewed attention on him after its President Javier Milei’s government designated the entire Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization and singled out Vahidi by name.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Rewake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rewake. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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