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The high-profile deportations quickly set off a legal battle in the U.S.—
Annabelle Hanflig,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2025 -
However, smoke from the barbeque made its way inside the home, setting off the smoke detectors.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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The goal should be to reinvigorate American public diplomacy, with a truly effective and responsible Voice of America at its center.—
The Editors,
National Review,
20 Mar. 2025
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Patrick’s six years as a slave would reinvigorate his Christian faith and fundamentally change him.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
14 Mar. 2025
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The move is part of a broader push to revive domestic manufacturing and address what Trump sees as unfair trade practices.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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Long before Ford finally revived the Bronco and put it on the road in 2021, Wraith and his team created a metallic silver Bronco concept in 2004 with some nods to the original, including the word Bronco on the front grille.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Western Electric invented the 300B in 1938, and the company, resurrected in 1996, still manufactures the legendary tube today.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Mar. 2025
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In sci-fi, life tends to find a way, and some 200 years later, she's resurrected as a clone.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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January 1964 was also notable for a development on the pitch: the first time the surnames Law, Best and Charlton appeared in the same XI. Denis Law, George Best and Charlton reawakened United and Old Trafford after an understandable post-Munich depression.—
Michael Walker,
The Athletic,
15 Mar. 2025
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Discovering a mysterious beam of light during a graveyard shift, Bruner reawakens with visions of extraterrestrials and a slippery sense of reality.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
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Several reinstated employees said their health insurance had not been reactivated, another source of stress.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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The new plan calls for reactivating or establishing 13 more.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
The Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2025
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The worst of its choices is rekindling the romantic triangle between Tancredi, Concetta, and Angelica, inventing second and third acts to a transfer of affection that’s handled in a few pages in the novel.—
Anthony Paletta,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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Of a breakup with a love that was necessary to be rekindled.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Kylian Mbappé was the marquee signing of the summer, expected to revitalize Real Madrid’s attack and assume his position as the Ballon d’Or winner for the next decade.—
Brett Koremenos,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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On April 18, the red planet will return to your sign, energizing and revitalizing you after a long retrograde cycle.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Reawake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reawake. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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