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resuscitate

[ri-suhs-i-tayt] / rɪˈsʌs ɪˌteɪt /


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But doctors can sometimes opt not to resuscitate people - as can individuals themselves in advance - for example, if the individual is extremely frail or has a life-limiting illness.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Ever since the success of the 2012 comedy “21 Jump Street,” filmmakers have tried to resuscitate moribund IP by mocking its datedness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

"The first of the two was pulled out alive, but unfortunately, his body gave out and he did not survive. Doctors could not resuscitate him," regional fire bureau spokeswoman Maria Leah Sajili told AFP.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

There was no heartbeat and medics attempted to resuscitate her for 25 minutes.

From BBC ● May 11, 2026

Suddenly, the idea of trying to resuscitate Ekon the same way Mama had taught her to resuscitate a kondoo calf seemed more than a little foolish.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

It also licenses and resuscitates iconic brands that have fallen on hard times such as Polaroid and provides consulting services to companies.

From Reuters ● Aug. 8, 2023

This month, Saar added an outdoor sculpture to her show at the Armory: “Catfish Dreamin’,” which resuscitates an early public work that she first staged in Baltimore in 1993.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2021

Even if Rio resuscitates its legacy, it will be too late to convince the International Olympic Committee to return to a model in which the games drive development.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021

She gets hold of a friendly junk-yard owner’s ancient yellow Volkswagen Beetle, resuscitates it, and brings it home.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 29, 2018

Apollonius—"Do you wish me to show you the plant Balis, which resuscitates the dead?"

From The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul by Gustave Flaubert

A bitcoin-mining business that appeared left for dead after the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire is being resuscitated to serve the artificial-intelligence build-out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The girl had to be resuscitated, admitted to hospital and put on a ventilator, and she was subjected to medical investigations and procedures.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Paramedics initiated “advanced cardiac life support measures,” but Panettiere could not be resuscitated, the statement read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

And a good deal of the narrative is about the efforts to establish the newly resuscitated Indianapolis Clowns franchise in the Banana Ball Championship League.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

In 1997 Mary W Eubanks, a Duke University biologist, resuscitated the hybridization theory in a new variant.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“The popular narrative about Johnson and Bird resuscitating a faltering league is incomplete” without mention of the American Basketball Association “and two of its signature players,” writes Mr. Epplin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Lifeguards at Bondi have been praised for their courage on the day of the December 14 attack, dragging people to safety, bandaging and resuscitating victims, and pulling panicked swimmers from the waves.

From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025

After two sketchy hires and a string of management mistakes, the Cardinal made a shrewd move Monday and charged Kyle Smith with resuscitating its dormant men’s basketball program following the dismissal of Jerod Haase.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

After soundly defeating the attempt to remove him from office and easily winning reelection the following year, Newsom focused on resuscitating what he considered to be a listless national Democratic Party.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

Working quickly, he straddles Lincoln’s chest and begins resuscitating the president, hoping to improve the flow of oxygen to his brain.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly


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