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

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Examples

  • As the quietness resettles, Adrian writes about the noises above, but refuses to insert himself in the situation, grabbing friends and co-workers as characters.

    My Love For You Is Real 2010

  • I arise, and though the storm resettles on the city, I think oj Sturm, -aurana, and the others, but Sturm thejoremost, who can see the sun straight through the Jog and cloudrack.

    Finnegan teoriza la practica de cuerdas Carlos G.Tonda 2010

  • As our military draws down, our dedicated civilians – diplomats, aid workers, and advisors – are moving into the lead to support Iraq as it strengthens its government, resolves political disputes, resettles those displaced by war, and builds ties with the region and the world.

    Text of President Obama's Address on Iraq 2010

  • The U.S. has increased the number of Iraqis it resettles here each year to 17,000, up from 1,608 three years ago.

    Ken Bacon: Obama Focuses on Iraqi Displacement 2009

  • The baby stirs and resettles with his head pinning my right bicep to the pillow.

    Hard to Master : Rachel Zucker : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • It describes the journey of a young boy who flees Russia in 1917, resettles in Japan, and becomes the country's greatest baseball player.

    Chess in Sebastopol, CA Jan 2009

  • Then if the displaced brain resettles in a job of value 50 which is actually a little below average, then the total output is now 5101 with an average of 50.504950495 or a little increase.

    Where Eugenics Goes Wrong: The Implications of Comparative Advantage, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Within the United States, Church World Service assists communities in responding to disasters, resettles refugees, promotes fair national and international policies, provides educational resources, and offers opportunities to join a people-to-people network of local and global caring through participation in CROP WALKS, the TOOLS & BLANKETS Program, and the "Gift of the Heart"; Kit Program.

    Sunday Offertory 2006

  • Mr. Guppy, refolding his arms, resettles himself against the parapet, as resuming a conversation of interest.

    Bleak House 2007

  • He rubs his nose and resettles himself so he breathes fewer stray bits of down.

    The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994

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