relight
Example Sentences
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When it tried to relight 13 engines for a landing burn, only some turned on, leading to the booster having a hard splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The upper stage will deploy 20 Starlink V3 satellites, and SpaceX said it will test out a relight of a Raptor engine in space.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
The theory has been championed by Indian investigative journalist Rachel Chitra, who has highlighted what she sees as inconsistencies in the preliminary report, including questions surrounding the engines' attempted relight after fuel was restored.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
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
Jiichan struck a match and tried to relight the lamp.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
