be reborn

idiom

: to be born again : to become alive again after death
The phoenix is a mythical bird that is reborn from its own ashes.
often used figuratively to describe something that becomes active or popular again
After years of renovations and improvements, the city has been reborn as a tourist destination.

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Three hours from the capital by road and 15-minutes by plane, Jacmel is where tourism was supposed to be reborn after the quake left more than 300,000 dead and 1.5 million homeless. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025 Saunders imagines a space in which the devastated father and son might still communicate with the multiple spirits of the cemetery’s dead similarly waiting to be reborn. Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025 The best advice is to let go or be dragged, and to move on in order to be reborn. Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 26 Mar. 2025 Or Devin Kelley, who died as Eddie’s ex-wife Shannon only to be reborn as Eddie’s side piece Kim. Andy Swift, TVLine, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for be reborn

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“Be reborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20reborn. Accessed 17 May. 2025.

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