phoenix

Example Sentences

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Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Darnold proved success in football, like life, is not always linear.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

Theoretically, as a phoenix club, their ranking would change from first to last but with the fixtures already released it could be difficult to revise.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

But the Sheffield Wednesday Supporters' Trust, who paid around £2,500 for the plane and stadium banner, are not waiting around, with plans for a phoenix club already in the works.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2025

Now, like the proverbial phoenix, Akashi’s show will go on, recontextualized to meet the moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025

Other magical creatures inhabit places inaccessible to Muggles—one thinks of the Acromantula, deep in the uncharted jungle of Borneo, and the phoenix, nesting high on mountain peaks unreachable without the use of magic.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling