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resuscitate

[ri-suhs-i-teyt] / rɪˈsʌs ɪˌteɪt /


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Emergency services stopped trying to resuscitate her at 18:58.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

She tried to resuscitate him but it was too late.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

"The first of the two was pulled out alive, but unfortunately, his body gave out and he did not survive. Doctors could not resuscitate him," regional fire bureau spokeswoman Maria Leah Sajili told AFP.

From Barron's May 25, 2026

Celona, who has promised to resuscitate the city’s entertainment industry by fast-tracking film permits and cutting red tape, trails far behind.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2026

He placed his left hand over it and began to pump in the manner of someone attempting to resuscitate a drowning victim.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

It also licenses and resuscitates iconic brands that have fallen on hard times such as Polaroid and provides consulting services to companies.

From Reuters Aug. 8, 2023

Their bond resuscitates a movie that might otherwise have been dead on arrival.

From New York Times Dec. 1, 2022

This month, Saar added an outdoor sculpture to her show at the Armory: “Catfish Dreamin’,” which resuscitates an early public work that she first staged in Baltimore in 1993.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 2021

She gets hold of a friendly junk-yard owner’s ancient yellow Volkswagen Beetle, resuscitates it, and brings it home.

From The New Yorker Dec. 29, 2018

The renaissance introduces new ideas into civilization; it resuscitates the traditions of antique science and seeks to unite them to the truths of Christianity.

From Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller by Friedrich Schiller

Paramedics initiated “advanced cardiac life support measures,” but Panettiere could not be resuscitated, the statement read.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Compared with the lowest group, those in the highest group had a 67% greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease or stroke, or experiencing non-fatal heart attacks, strokes or resuscitated cardiac arrest.

From Science Daily Mar. 19, 2026

Dental hygienist and mother-of-one, Andrea Powell, 41, was resuscitated at the scene but died six days later due to her injuries.

From BBC Oct. 29, 2025

Mr. Wan, who directs neither narrative but has his fingerprints all over both, doesn’t get enough credit for having resurrected, resuscitated and rejuvenated the horror flick.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 2, 2025

In 1997 Mary W Eubanks, a Duke University biologist, resuscitated the hybridization theory in a new variant.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“The popular narrative about Johnson and Bird resuscitating a faltering league is incomplete” without mention of the American Basketball Association “and two of its signature players,” writes Mr. Epplin.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

Lifeguards at Bondi have been praised for their courage on the day of the December 14 attack, dragging people to safety, bandaging and resuscitating victims, and pulling panicked swimmers from the waves.

From Barron's Dec. 20, 2025

“I spend most of my time here resuscitating children,” Haj-Hassan said after a recent shift.

From Seattle Times Mar. 27, 2024

After soundly defeating the attempt to remove him from office and easily winning reelection the following year, Newsom focused on resuscitating what he considered to be a listless national Democratic Party.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2023

Working quickly, he straddles Lincoln’s chest and begins resuscitating the president, hoping to improve the flow of oxygen to his brain.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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