relight

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Earle Mankey, an engineer at Brother in the mid-70s, says “15 Big Ones” was less Wilson’s attempt to relight the flame than it was “everyone else’s attempt to relight the flame.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The switches were returned to their normal inflight position, triggering automatic engine relight.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

During its final descent, the booster’s engines did not fully relight, leading to an unexpectedly hard landing.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 14, 2024

The cast is led by the handsome, finely tuned pairing of Jason Danieley as Fredrik Egerman and Emily Skinner as Desiree Armfeldt, the lovelorn Swedish stage vet seeking to relight the flame of youthful passion.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2022

She had a couple of matches she kept there for when she had to relight Mrs. Caruthers’s fireplace, on the rare occasion it went out.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland