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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of relive.

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Examples

  • In PTSD, the sufferer typically "relives" the trauma via flashbacks or in other ways, such as becoming hyper-vigilant to everyday sounds.

    Lockergnome 2010

  • As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth.

    Aravind Adiga - An interview with author 2010

  • As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth.

    Marcia Muller talks about her heroine Sharon McCone 2010

  • As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth.

    Spook by Mary Roach: Book summary 2010

  • As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth.

    Reader reviews of All Other Nights by Dara Horn. 2009

  • As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth.

    Reader reviews of Little Bee by Chris Cleave. 2009

  • As James Taylor told me, every time he performs the songs he wrote as a troubled young heroin addict, he relives those emotions.

    Notable & Quotable 2011

  • As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth.

    Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie: Book summary 2010

  • As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth.

    Shadow of Power by Steve Martini: Book summary 2010

  • As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth.

    Reader reviews of Spade & Archer by Joe Gores. 2009

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