phoenixlike

Example Sentences

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Gorka’s loyalty paid off with a phoenixlike return to the White House in a role sometimes called “counterterrorism czar.”

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

First of all, it really is told largely from the viewpoint of a crow named Dar Oakley who, phoenixlike, undergoes periodic rebirth.

From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2017

For Ferguson, who turns 70 this year, City's phoenixlike rise could ruin his remaining years at United.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2011

Suddenly, are we to believe they emerged, phoenixlike, after hearing that a troop drawdown would start in 2011?

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2010

The army has always had a phoenixlike ability to rise from the ashes of defeat, and 1968 gave it another lease on life.

From Time Magazine Archive