phoenix
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Humbled manager Leopold Aschenbrenner, whose surname means ash burner, probably will rise like a phoenix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Local businessman Robert Smethurst bought the club's assets and, with former Wales midfielder Robbie Savage joining the board, they were reformed as a phoenix club.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
But amid the float’s proud phoenix and colorful California poppies, two frustrated fire survivors unfurled a surprise message: “AG Bonta, Altadena demands an investigation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
Nine months after the destruction, the club was ready for its phoenix moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
Then there were stuffed birds, popinjays, and maggot- pies and kingfishers, and peacocks with all their feathers but two, and tiny birds like beetles,'and a reputed phoenix which smelt of incense and cinnamon.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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
Many of them were embroidered with golden dragons or phoenixes.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
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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