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How Venezuela Helps Fuel Colombian Violence: A decades-old rebel group has waged the worst violence in Colombia in a generation, setting off troubling regional tensions.—
Atul Loke,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025 -
The tragicomedy follows a grieving widower who sets off on an epic quest to find the truth about a mysterious photo left behind by his deceased wife.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Not only does Barca unearth young talent through its coveted La Masia academy, the La Liga club has also reinvigorated careers.—
Eduardo Tansley,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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After the Lost creators were able to persuade their network bosses to agree to conclude the show after six seasons, the whole production was reinvigorated with new ideas — flash-forwards instead of flashbacks, for instance — and some of the most beloved episodes of the whole run.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
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Now, he's revived that rhetoric, after months of detente with Bowser.—
Cuneyt Dil,
Axios,
20 Feb. 2025
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Days after the presidential election, Ms. Hochul revived the toll, which is charged on vehicles entering Manhattan below 60th Street.—
Stefanos Chen,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Octavia Spencer has resurrected a famous scene from her 2011 film The Help in honor of DOGE.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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But by the end of 2023, adroit U.S. diplomacy had resurrected counternarcotics cooperation between the two countries.—
Vanda Felbab-Brown,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Feb. 2025
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His pride in having helped reawaken his country’s interest in books and Ukrainian culture is mixed with guilt.—
Howard LaFranchi,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 Jan. 2025
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But beyond that, the Bruins wanted Poitras to reawaken the offensive spirit that put him on the radar in camp last year.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Some missions have been known to spend years hovering between life and death before reactivating.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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This is not resistance 1.0, but we are reactivated and reawakened.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Ukraine fuming Ukraine and its European allies have been left fuming by the U.S., and Russia rekindling diplomatic ties and forging ahead with talks without their input.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2025
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However, since then, the Nuggets have rekindled their old groove – going 21-9 in their last 30 games before the break.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Construction on the 15,000-square-foot expansion, meant to revitalize the aging building, began in July 2023, funded with money from the city of Elgin and the city’s Central Area TIF district.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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South Africa should revitalize the African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund to further its vision of a democratic, conflict-free continent.—
David Koranyi,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Reawake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reawake. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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