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rehabilitate

[ree-huh-bil-i-tayt, ree-uh-] / ˌri həˈbɪl ɪˌteɪt, ˌri ə- /


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Schmitt: I’m glad you’re trying to rehabilitate the witness, but it’s not your time.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

The plethora of portraiture was part of Elizabeth’s campaign to both rehabilitate her mother’s image and strengthen her own claims to the throne.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

"The Authority's specialised teams have begun the technical and operational assessment of the airport, its facilities and systems, in preparation for developing a plan to rehabilitate it," Hasri said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

BBC Radio Merseyside reporter Giulia Bould says the influential Grealish is set to re-sign on loan towards the end of this window as he continues to rehabilitate from a stress fracture to his foot.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Even if it is just part of the temporary scheme to rehabilitate me, it is bliss.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

If he rehabilitates successfully and develops his game after a fine debut season, he seems destined to become one of the world's leading strikers.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

“I’m usually not a guy who rehabilitates someone when he writes about them,” Wolff told David Remnick on the New Yorker Radio Hour in July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025

Its return will be “empowering” and restore “hope” as it supercharges conservation efforts and rehabilitates a vital piece of Māori cultural heritage.

From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2025

A mountain regional park and a conservation center that rescues and rehabilitates wildlife are also nearby.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

It rehabilitates the human body, establishes it in its proper place and dignity, and brings about the long deferred reconciliation between the mind and the body.

From Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature by Emma Goldman

This looked like a humiliation ritual to me: Crowley wasn’t polling competitively even when he was actively campaigning, and it seemed unlikely that his brand could be rehabilitated with such little time left.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

The party rehabilitated him in the wake of Mao's death, tapping him for jobs at the Ministry of Petroleum and State Economic Commission.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

She was rehabilitated and released by the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, which is currently caring for yet another turtle found anchored to debris.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Any lingering doubts that Richard Milhous Nixon is totally rehabilitated were put to rest, even to sleep, last Thursday at the Houston Grand Opera.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Right now, I’m researching if there’s some community justice center for wildlife, a place where maybe she could be rehabilitated or something and then released.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Ligon grew up in Ethel and spent summers during college rehabilitating wildlife in Costa Rica and Louisiana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Teller’s bees were used for pollinating crops such as almonds on farms, and he also rescued bees before rehabilitating them and later renting them out for pollination.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

The Zambian segment of the Lobito Corridor -- often described as the missing link -- is not on LAR's near-term agenda, he added, citing the scale and cost of rehabilitating the rail infrastructure.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

Sea otter mentorship is at the forefront of a formal partnership between the Aquarium of the Pacific and Monterey Bay Aquarium, which has been rehabilitating sea otters since the 1980s, according to Long.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

This Circle needs to know that Peter Driscal is not rehabilitating well, either physically or emotionally.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen


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