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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of rekindle.

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Examples

  • OK, 5 one-and-a-half and everybody else in the whole gym class if 5 foot 3 and even taller it hurts truth is, I hadn't thought about that for years but then a recent phone call rekindled all those fears

    Ballad of a Ballgame 2004

  • OK, 5 one-and-a-half and everybody else in the whole gym class if 5 foot 3 and even taller it hurts truth is, I hadn't thought about that for years but then a recent phone call rekindled all those fears

    Ballad of a Ballgame 2004

  • In Robert's mind the name rekindled hopes that had died away.

    The Proud Prince 1898

  • The firestorm kicked off by Rand Paul’s remarks has again rekindled the debate about the relationship between libertarianism, federalism, and efforts to combat racial discrimination.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarianism, Federalism, and Racism 2010

  • It was after Lt. Arnie Wolff died in the line of duty in August 2006 that the idea rekindled and a group took on the project.

    The Green Bay Press-Gazette Latest Headlines 2008

  • In the future (well, the 1990s ... according to the story) the recently dead can be reanimated, "rekindled" to use the term in the novella.

    Robert Silverberg's "The World Inside": Overpopulation, Sex and Sensibility 2009

  • And once Wonder Woman and Bionic Woman -- and I actually just saw Linday Wagner in Palm Springs and we used to be really great friends and we kind of rekindled our friendship when she came to hear me sing in Palm Springs.

    Fabio Periera: Ten Minutes with: Lynda Carter 2010

  • And once Wonder Woman and Bionic Woman -- and I actually just saw Linday Wagner in Palm Springs and we used to be really great friends and we kind of rekindled our friendship when she came to hear me sing in Palm Springs.

    Fabio Periera: Ten Minutes with: Lynda Carter Fabio Periera 2010

  • And once Wonder Woman and Bionic Woman--and I actually just saw Linday Wagner in Palm Springs and we used to be really great friends and we kind of rekindled our friendship when she came to hear me sing in Palm Springs.

    Fabio Periera: Ten Minutes with: Lynda Carter Fabio Periera 2010

  • And once Wonder Woman and Bionic Woman -- and I actually just saw Linday Wagner in Palm Springs and we used to be really great friends and we kind of rekindled our friendship when she came to hear me sing in Palm Springs.

    Ten Minutes with: Lynda Carter 2010

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