resuscitate
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Emergency services stopped trying to resuscitate the nine-year-old at 18:58.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 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
Paramedics were unable to resuscitate Watkins and he was declared dead just before 10.15.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
On the campaign trail, he’s promising to resuscitate the city’s entertainment industry by fast-tracking film permits and cutting red tape.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
We’d left him sitting by the riverbank, drying under a mulberry tree, the tiny mariposas clinging to his mouth and nostrils as if trying to resuscitate him.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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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
On “Dr. Carter,” he resuscitates hip-hop over a slick David Axelrod sample courtesy of Swizz Beatz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
Their bond resuscitates a movie that might otherwise have been dead on arrival.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
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
Here the saint resuscitates horses with holy water; but in this case the saint's own curse had originally caused the horses' deaths, because they grazed in his churchyard.
From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by MacAlister, R.A. Stewart
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
The mariners’ story—headline news at the time but largely forgotten since—is resuscitated in Eric Jay Dolin’s “The Wreck of the Mentor.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Compared with the lowest group, those in the highest group had a 67% greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease or stroke, or experiencing non-fatal heart attacks, strokes or resuscitated cardiac arrest.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2026
Charlotte said the image of baby Seth being taken from her side to be resuscitated still stays with her.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
In 1997 Mary W Eubanks, a Duke University biologist, resuscitated the hybridization theory in a new variant.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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“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
But there’s no disputing that the task of resuscitating the Chargers, who were an ugly 5-12 last season and face severe salary-cap challenges, requires nothing less than the might and dedication of a caped crusader.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
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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