relight

Example Sentences

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Earle Mankey, an engineer at Brother in the mid-70s, says “15 Big Ones” was less Wilson’s attempt to relight the flame than it was “everyone else’s attempt to relight the flame.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The switches were returned to their normal inflight position, triggering automatic engine relight.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

During its final descent, the booster’s engines did not fully relight, leading to an unexpectedly hard landing.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 14, 2024

Unless that bulb had the broken link, it will relight, along with all but the one that had the broken shunt.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022

She had a couple of matches she kept there for when she had to relight Mrs. Caruthers’s fireplace, on the rare occasion it went out.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland