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rekindle

[ree-kin-dl] / riˈkɪn dl /
VERB
light again
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Petco Park already is a year-round concert venue and event center, and the Padres could rekindle plans to develop a large parking lot near the ballpark.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

He later appeared with Sharaa at a forum dedicated to Syria’s reconstruction effort, pledging support from his government and French firms to rekindle Syria’s economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

The fire that broke out last week at the Lineage cold storage facility has helped to rekindle calls for additional fire department funding.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

The party also wants an annual "national action day" to help "rekindle civic pride" and more action to tackle littering connected to fast food outlets.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

Haupt told his mother that he wanted to rekindle his relationship with Gerda.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Forward movement itself is the ingredient that rekindles energy and a sense of agency.

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

“I encountered six to eight rekindles during my career and each time the local battalion chiefs showed up to try and convince the investigators it was arson.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2025

This dish rekindles that memory, offering a grown-up take on the crusted white fish.

From Seattle Times Apr. 16, 2024

This book is about another of her characters, Lucy Barton, and the friendship she rekindles with her ex-husband.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2022

She pours the rest of the water into our new pot while Kim rekindles the fire by adding dry leaves and branches.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman, who stormed out of his Netflix investment a few years ago, has rekindled that old flame.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

The personal struggle and public fight against Lineage has rekindled her Catholicism, the 52-year-old said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

U.S. stocks fell Thursday as global oil prices topped $100 a barrel and tech earnings rekindled fears over artificial-intelligence spending.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

But when US rescue workers and Spanish sniffer dogs found traces of life, his hopes for his two trapped brothers were rekindled.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

He rekindled the fire and he got a cloth and wet it and put it over the boy’s forehead.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

After dropping below 6% for the first time since 2022 just prior to the start of the Iran war on Feb. 28, mortgage rates climbed last month as oil prices soared, rekindling inflation worries.

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

But with so many difficulties to navigate, a full rekindling of the old relationship is unlikely - it is more realistically the start of a slow diplomatic thaw.

From BBC Jan. 28, 2026

And advertising, in general, began catering to the lifestyles of singles, rekindling the desire for bachelor freedoms.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2025

"What I would want to avoid is rekindling inflationary pressure by moving too quickly and squandering the significant progress we have made taming inflation," he said.

From Barron's Oct. 16, 2025

It lit the forge the smith was rekindling after four days of cold metal work.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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