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phoenix

[fee-niks] / ˈfi nɪks /




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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

Other former employees also hold out for a phoenix rising from the ashes.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 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

A star is a phoenix, destined to rise for a time from its own ashes.'

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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