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reincarnation

[ree-in-kahr-nay-shuhn] / ˌri ɪn kɑrˈneɪ ʃən /
NOUN
rebirth
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Tibetans, whose Buddhist beliefs allow for infinite reincarnation, reject notions Lobga simply died by suicide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

This is because the book treats reincarnation not as an ambiguous phenomenon but an empirical fact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

President Bill Clinton’s key political adviser, James Carville, once said that if he did believe in reincarnation he wouldn’t come back as a world or religious leader, or even a great Major League Baseball player.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

Living in exile since fleeing Chinese rule in 1959, the Dalai Lama has previously said his reincarnation will take place in the "free world", meaning outside of China.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025

That mangy, snake-eating reincarnation of Cleofes Apodaca showed up from time to time to share a tin of sardines with Pacheco, but he never went for Joe’s Beanfield.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Sometime soon we’ll see him as the man a woman falls in love with over and over again through various reincarnations in an indie called “Timestalker.”

From Salon ● May 11, 2024

Kings were long considered reincarnations of the god Vishnu in the majority-Hindu nation.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

She says many features of ongoing climate change are reincarnations of the past warm climates.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023

The marks also held stories of pain, reincarnations and beauty.

From BBC ● May 20, 2022

It told the story of Rama, one of the reincarnations of the god Vishnu, who fought a ten-headed demon to rescue his wife.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi




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