reopen
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China's state-run Xinhua news agency said Tuesday that emergency workers were trying to find survivors and working to reopen a major highway.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
A partial count published by national broadcaster RÚV on Sunday said 52.5% of voters didn’t want their government to reopen talks with the EU, compared with 47.5% who favored talks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Edinburgh's Princes Street is set to fully reopen on Saturday, seven weeks after it was shut by a major fire in a former department store.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Pacific Palisades location, which closed because of the wildfire last year, is set to reopen in January.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
They have seen factory gates close and not reopen.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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The bakery said: "Every shop that reopens means jobs restored, a unit back in use and footfall returning to the high street, which we believe serves everyone's interests: ours, theirs and the wider local economy's."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“However, even if the strait reopens, shipping companies will require a sustained period of calm before making the journey through the key waterway.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The move reopens a fight that has raged for a decade.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
But the story is actually a joyful one: An innovative and committed high school sociology teacher in Tennessee, Alex Campbell, teaches a class that reopens these cold cases and gives new life to the investigations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
"Good catch! When did you move here? Are you going to join our school when it reopens? How old are you? I'm Lakshman. What's your name?"
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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Testimony reopened scars of unnecessary episiotomies, which prosecution witness Mack equated to a perineal tear.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Kim accelerated Bally’s expansion during the pandemic after seeing business surge when casinos in Mississippi reopened in May 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The investigation was reopened in 2016 when US authorities learned that Masud had been arrested following Gaddafi's fall, and had confessed his involvement in the bombing to the new Libyan authorities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
A visually stunning stretch of Highway 1 in Big Sur has reopened to travelers after a 12-day closure, even as firefighters continue to battle the persistent Timber fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
By 3:52 p.m., less than two hours after Miele’s first symptoms, his artery was reopened and Slater implanted a stent to keep it that way.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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Hamad Hussain, senior climate and commodities economist at Capital Economics, said he did not expect the waterway to begin reopening until early 2027.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
No reopening time has been set, according to Stevens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Black Bridge and Silver Bridge crossing the Colorado River are also closed until further notice with no estimated reopening date.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Edinburgh council leader Jane Meagher said she was delighted the thoroughfare was reopening but acknowledged it had been a difficult chapter for the city.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The tournament was being held at the grand reopening of the arcade at Bayport Fun World.
From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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