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revival

[ri-vahy-vuhl] / rɪˈvaɪ vəl /


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What I’m saying, basically, is that the indie-sleaze revival is real.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The former Stranger Things star's currently playing Mark in a modern revival of rock musical Rent on London's West End.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Now Germany is beginning to recover, helped by a surge in government spending and a revival in industrial activity, while France is losing momentum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Every apparent revival was met with another setback.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Dog days in Maycomb meant at least one revival, and one was in progress that week.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

The Covid pandemic at least temporarily halted these revivals as people poured out of dense cities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

The Wrap slammed it as "boring and tedious", the Radio Times said it "should be illegal", and the Independent declared young people deserve better than the "slop" of "warmed-over revivals".

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Young people deserve better than "warmed-over revivals missing all of the pep, colour and dazzle of their predecessors", he concluded.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

The “Ragtime” revival trails with 11 nominations, and lauded revivals “Death of a Salesman,” “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” and “The Rocky Horror Show” are each nominated for nine awards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

He did farm labor between revivals, and in the autumn of ’41 it was our first enterprise as newlyweds to bend our backs together in the dusty fields.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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