phoenix
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Her outstretched arms on the social media campaign poster are perhaps supposed to make us think of a phoenix rising from the ashes.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Yet the Atlanta Paralympics mascot was dazzling, a glorious phoenix arising from its own ashes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
“I’m at a place now where I feel like, in a way, it’s sort of a phoenix situation,” Hollis said about his post-fire rise from the ashes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
Other former employees also hold out for a phoenix rising from the ashes.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2025
Tears were sliding down from behind the half-moon spectacles into the long silver beard, and the pride and the gratitude emanating from him filled Harry with the same balm as phoenix song.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
You may know about dragons and phoenixes, but have you heard of the tarand, a reindeerlike animal who changes color at will?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
All of you are truly phoenixes rising from the ashes, making something beautiful that will last forever.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025
Yeah definitely, phoenixes are a popular image to get.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2018
Judd said women's voices had been "squelched" in the past, but that they were emerging as "phoenixes".
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2018
Still, I could look at the pictures while the demon girl outlined the story about flying carpets and phoenixes and magical amulets and cranky old sand elves who lived on beaches.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
Galaxies that appear near bright stars like Beta Phoenicis might be impossible for some observatories on Earth to see, but Euclid’s sharp eyes are able to resolve them.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2024
For example, seven are seen to converge in Lacus Phoenicis, eight in Trivium Charontis, six in Lunae Lacus, and six in Ismenius Lacus.
From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by Gratacap, L. P.
"No, sir, nor to Phoenicis, either," answered Fancher.
From Rebels of the Red Planet by Fontenay, Charles Louis
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