reopen
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China's state-run Xinhua news agency said Tuesday that emergency workers were trying to find survivors and working to reopen a major highway.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
However Finucane added that this can be "undone very quickly whenever there is a momentum and an appetite to reopen and pull and push and poke at some very, very difficult and deep wounds".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Pacific Palisades location, which closed because of the wildfire last year, is set to reopen in January.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
A better conservative response would reopen space for families, churches, charities, small businesses and local associations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The cafeteria wasn't exactly the most sanitary place to reopen that wound.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
As Princes Street reopens to all traffic, a section of the pavement directly outside the burnt-out building will remain closed while work continues.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
It will again return to the Getty when it reopens, just in time for the 2028 L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
“I told René, ‘Why don’t we all go to Noma when it reopens?’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The move reopens a fight that has raged for a decade.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Lourdes is mesmerized by the greenish water, by the sad, sputtering fountain, and a wound inside her reopens.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Testimony reopened scars of unnecessary episiotomies, which prosecution witness Mack equated to a perineal tear.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Kim accelerated Bally’s expansion during the pandemic after seeing business surge when casinos in Mississippi reopened in May 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Local people were going about their business and shops shut on Saturday had reopened, as had Niamey's main market.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
The venue was closed by Moroccan authorities during the investigation and has not reopened since.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Joseph himself arrived the next morning with the news that the market had reopened.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Advocates of reopening talks with the EU said Reykjavík should expand cooperation with like-minded partners as an insurance policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The Black Bridge and Silver Bridge crossing the Colorado River are also closed until further notice with no estimated reopening date.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The fire happened on 9 July, with Princes Street's reopening coming two days before the last day of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“The prospect of the Strait of Hormuz reopening improved amid ongoing talks,” ANZ Research analysts said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Dusty’s first mistake had been allowing Jasper Jr. and Bull to hang out aboard the Coral Queen on the night of the grand reopening.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
