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revival

[ri-vahy-vuhl] / rɪˈvaɪ vəl /


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The revival of Yemen's civil war, dormant since 2022, has left Riyadh rushing to respond.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Cricket, long regarded as the game of the English upper classes, is experiencing a revival north of the border—without some of its famously snooty traditions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Embracing Orientalism meant “emulation and revival of historical crafts and styles” at home.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

In 2007, he starred in the World War I drama “Journey’s End,” which went on to win a Tony Award for best revival.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

He watched as the guards picked Citra up and carried her, limp as a sack of potatoes, outside where, no doubt, an ambudrone was already waiting to take her to the nearest revival center.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

The Wrap slammed it as "boring and tedious", the Radio Times said it "should be illegal", and the Independent declared young people deserve better than the "slop" of "warmed-over revivals".

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

Young people deserve better than "warmed-over revivals missing all of the pep, colour and dazzle of their predecessors", he concluded.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

If ’00s revivals are all the rage in clothing and aesthetics, it stands to reason that the same would be true in cinema.

From Salon May 27, 2026

Ms. O’Hara, best known for her crystalline singing in musical revivals, proves to have a similarly wide range of octaves when it comes to physical comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

It was he who preached on Pentecost Sundays, and led revivals in the summertime, and anointed and healed the sick.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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