second wind
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Cerebras went public over a decade after its founding, catching a second wind of market enthusiasm for AI after a cooling-off period earlier this year.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
It wasn’t until a pair of older women chuckled as they blew past me that I found my second wind.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
But cheers of "there's only one Josh Kelly" seemed to give the challenger a second wind and he ended the contest on the front foot with flashy work.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026
Russ finds a second wind when he tries out for a college football team as a walk-on quarterback, wearing heavy prosthetics and acting under the guise of a fabricated identity: Chad Powers.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
He’s found a second wind in life, selling, of all things, ÁguaViva.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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