relight
Example Sentences
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The switches were returned to their normal inflight position, triggering automatic engine relight.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
Plans are being made to relight the cedars on Christmas Tree Lane as soon as possible, in a show of community resilience.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025
During its final descent, the booster’s engines did not fully relight, leading to an unexpectedly hard landing.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 14, 2024
Unless that bulb had the broken link, it will relight, along with all but the one that had the broken shunt.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022
By the fiftieth notch, Ess had learned to swim well and to relight the fire with a flint.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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