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resurrect

[rez-uh-rekt] / ˌrɛz əˈrɛkt /


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For a story about witches who have both the curse to kill something and the ability to resurrect it, reappraising a dead-on-arrival film is appropriately meta.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Though she recovered physically, she struggled to bond with her daughter and resurrect her former self.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Others are preserving genetic material in case we ever work out how to resurrect species from the dead.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Researchers have found that the only way to resurrect the small-cap effect is to focus on small-cap stocks that are at the quality end of the “quality-versus-junk” spectrum.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

"We're scientists. We must take the risks of our science and our will to achieve. Would you like to resurrect God to take responsibility?"

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

The film resurrects the story of sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, modern day witches who face a curse that sees any man they fall in love with doomed to an early death.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

A new collection of Eve Babitz’s largely unsent correspondence, “Too L.A.,” resurrects the cult writer’s singular voice — and revelry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Another massive piece, “Kumbi Saleh 3020 CE,” resurrects the medieval city of Kumbi Saleh, the capital of the ancient Ghanaian empire, as a gleaming, futuristic hub.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

On Symmetry he even resurrects Shape Of You's analogy of two bodies pulling together like magnets.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025

The story of a young god typical of the Spring who suffers a premature death, and after a time resurrects from the grave is well known in the mythologies of other nations.

From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Felix Adler

The oldest resurrected antimicrobial peptides were able to disrupt bacterial membranes, but the bacteria apparently repaired the damage and survived exposure to the peptides.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

What we have here might be an example of the Tinkerbell effect, named for the “Peter Pan” character who could be resurrected from death by audience participation, i.e. belief in fairies.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Coltrane was a version of the resurrected black man, much like Malcolm X, a public figure he admired.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

However, sources say the transfer could be resurrected later in the summer depending how the window develops for United, although the club would not be prepared to sanction any move at the previously agreed terms.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Marguerite, who represents Mary Magdalene, falls to her knees, for she recognizes the resurrected Christ.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

He continued: "We're definitely interested in whether by resurrecting or engineering some enhanced antimicrobial peptides, we could use these as therapeutics down the road."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

The BBC's filling the gap on iPlayer by resurrecting classic sets from its archive - from Radiohead in 1997 to Olivia Rodrigo last year.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Instead, Lodge, who goes by Cabot, picked up an HP-12C financial calculator and never looked back, perhaps with an eye to resurrecting the family’s business bona fides.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

The virus that started with an outbreak on a cruise ship has infiltrated the public consciousness, and it feels like déjà vu: resurrecting painful memories of the Covid-19 pandemic that shut down the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

Thus his idea did not seem worth resurrecting only to be quickly buried.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson


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