phoenix
Example Sentences
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Nigerian actress Uche Montana arrived in a dramatic red-and-gold-feathered ensemble she described as representing "fire" and "the rising of the phoenix".
From BBC • May 10, 2026
The High Court decision ended the 152-year-old club but hopes were quickly raised that a phoenix club could be able to enter the second-tier Championship in 2026.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
The brutal phoenix of American history remains constant in Nguyen’s novel.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025
"I was determined not to let him win," she said, adding that although she believed she was going to die that night she would "rise like a phoenix from the ashes".
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025
I couldn’t see Hannibal’s Rest because of the dark sheeting rain, but I knew when we passed my street because the phoenix sat atop the stop sign, its feathers flaming red in the rain.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
Vocabulary lists containing phoenix
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