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resuscitate

[ri-suhs-i-tayt] / rɪˈsʌs ɪˌteɪt /


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Ever since the success of the 2012 comedy “21 Jump Street,” filmmakers have tried to resuscitate moribund IP by mocking its datedness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Efforts to resuscitate her were abandoned 23 minutes later.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

"The first of the two was pulled out alive, but unfortunately, his body gave out and he did not survive. Doctors could not resuscitate him," regional fire bureau spokeswoman Maria Leah Sajili told AFP.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

Celona, who has promised to resuscitate the city’s entertainment industry by fast-tracking film permits and cutting red tape, trails far behind.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

Suddenly, the idea of trying to resuscitate Ekon the same way Mama had taught her to resuscitate a kondoo calf seemed more than a little foolish.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

It also licenses and resuscitates iconic brands that have fallen on hard times such as Polaroid and provides consulting services to companies.

From Reuters ● Aug. 8, 2023

Their bond resuscitates a movie that might otherwise have been dead on arrival.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022

This month, Saar added an outdoor sculpture to her show at the Armory: “Catfish Dreamin’,” which resuscitates an early public work that she first staged in Baltimore in 1993.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2021

Even if Rio resuscitates its legacy, it will be too late to convince the International Olympic Committee to return to a model in which the games drive development.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021

The renaissance introduces new ideas into civilization; it resuscitates the traditions of antique science and seeks to unite them to the truths of Christianity.

From Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller by Friedrich Schiller

The girl had to be resuscitated, admitted to hospital and put on a ventilator, and she was subjected to medical investigations and procedures.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Paramedics initiated “advanced cardiac life support measures,” but Panettiere could not be resuscitated, the statement read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

And a good deal of the narrative is about the efforts to establish the newly resuscitated Indianapolis Clowns franchise in the Banana Ball Championship League.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Compared with the lowest group, those in the highest group had a 67% greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease or stroke, or experiencing non-fatal heart attacks, strokes or resuscitated cardiac arrest.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2026

A thirteen-year-old Eastern Shore boy, alone in his 14-foot skiff plucked a three-year-old from the frigid waters of the Corsica River yesterday afternoon and resuscitated the child while speeding through pelting rain to waiting rescuers.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

“The popular narrative about Johnson and Bird resuscitating a faltering league is incomplete” without mention of the American Basketball Association “and two of its signature players,” writes Mr. Epplin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Lifeguards at Bondi have been praised for their courage on the day of the December 14 attack, dragging people to safety, bandaging and resuscitating victims, and pulling panicked swimmers from the waves.

From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025

“I spend most of my time here resuscitating children,” Haj-Hassan said after a recent shift.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2024

After soundly defeating the attempt to remove him from office and easily winning reelection the following year, Newsom focused on resuscitating what he considered to be a listless national Democratic Party.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

The Abbot worked feverishly, resuscitating, levering and pounding the prone form of Matthias.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques


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