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rekindle

[ree-kin-dl] / riˈkɪn dl /
VERB
light again
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Petco Park already is a year-round concert venue and event center, and the Padres could rekindle plans to develop a large parking lot near the ballpark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Continued disruption of oil and gas flows threatens to push energy and shipping costs higher, rekindle inflation and weigh on global growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

He later appeared with Sharaa at a forum dedicated to Syria’s reconstruction effort, pledging support from his government and French firms to rekindle Syria’s economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

If this series decider goes against them, it will rekindle scrutiny on those in managerial positions.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Omakayas loved this time of the year and jumped from her blankets eagerly, rolled her sleeping mat and fur blanket, and put them away quickly so that she could help rekindle the outdoor cooking fire.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Forward movement itself is the ingredient that rekindles energy and a sense of agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

Audi's entry this year rekindles that old rivalry with Mercedes, and battle lines have already been drawn in a pre-season row over the rules governing the engines' compression ratio.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

She leaves her husband, moves into a predominantly Black neighborhood and rekindles an old passion for journalism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

“The Bricklayer” is filled with throwback testosterone-fueled tropes: Vail rekindles a romance with a woman of questionable motives; he teaches Bannon the ropes; he’s an old dog whose old tricks still work.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

She pours the rest of the water into our new pot while Kim rekindles the fire by adding dry leaves and branches.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

For others, the funeral has rekindled painful memories of the war.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman, who stormed out of his Netflix investment a few years ago, has rekindled that old flame.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

The personal struggle and public fight against Lineage has rekindled her Catholicism, the 52-year-old said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

U.S. stocks fell sharply as global oil prices topped $100 a barrel for the first time in two months and earnings from Alphabet and Tesla rekindled AI spending fears.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

It occurred to her that the sounds might attract predators, and so she dragged unburned chunks of wood together and rekindled them with the still-hot coals.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

After dropping below 6% for the first time since 2022 just prior to the start of the Iran war on Feb. 28, mortgage rates climbed last month as oil prices soared, rekindling inflation worries.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

But with so many difficulties to navigate, a full rekindling of the old relationship is unlikely - it is more realistically the start of a slow diplomatic thaw.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

But the comeback isn’t so much about rekindling that past as it is about shoring up the present.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025

And advertising, in general, began catering to the lifestyles of singles, rekindling the desire for bachelor freedoms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

It lit the forge the smith was rekindling after four days of cold metal work.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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