resuscitate

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In a meeting in the White House earlier this month, President Donald Trump lobbied oil company executives to invest $100 billion to resuscitate Venezuela’s oil industry.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

No one wants to resuscitate crime in Manhattan but you can’t blame John Turturro’s petty thief if he’s nostalgic for an era when wallets still held cash.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

They stopped their attempts to resuscitate her at around 10:30 a.m. local time, the report said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

And for now, there are no hints of any efforts to resuscitate Venezuelan refining, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

We’d left him sitting by the riverbank, drying under a mulberry tree, the tiny mariposas clinging to his mouth and nostrils as if trying to resuscitate him.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall