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This is not a museum-piece translation, a dusty tablet behind glass, but a reanimation, a voice tugged up from the clay and made to speak again in a tongue that is ours.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Ten years ago, these reanimation stunts were nutty and obscure enough to shoot down with ease.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

Mr Kilty was the first patient at Queen Alexandra Hospital to undergo this specific surgical technique, called "facial reanimation", which was introduced at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust by surgeons Alex Goodson and Matthew Ward.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2023

Yet Swift’s project at its most interesting goes beyond mere nostalgia or reanimation.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2021

But at all events, Monsieur, you admit that the reanimation of a man is an extraordinary affair.

From The Man With The Broken Ear by Holt, Henry