phoenix

Example Sentences

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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

Nine months after the destruction, the club was ready for its phoenix moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 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

And he knew, without knowing how he knew it, that the phoenix had gone, had left Hogwarts for good, just as Dumbledore had left the school, had left the world...had left Harry.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling