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But reexamining the misfires and girding up to refight the last war risks getting subsumed when the debate evolves.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2022

This fall, top media and tech executives were bracing to refight the last war — a foreign-backed hack-and-leak operation like WikiLeaks seeking to influence the election’s outcome.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2020

There are no wars to refight these days, but that’s not to say Uncle Sam doesn’t still harbour an inferiority complex or two.

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2018

As the depression slowly lifted, party professionals did not look forward to defending the former president’s economic record and few longed to refight old battles that now seemed settled.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

“Rather than another reason to refight old arguments,” read a White House statement, “I hope that today’s report can help us leave these techniques where they belong — in the past.”

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2014