refire
Americanverb (used with object)
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Anytime you have to replate and refire, it complicates things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
But the one song Pippa needs to refire Jane’s career remains elusive, and now Jonesy, the Mark Ronson-meets-Dr.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
I’m delighted that he messes with narrative: By all means, mash fiction into sludge and refire it into something new.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
Red China, moreover, clearly feared that the Dalai Lama's escape would refire his people's will to resist.
From Time Magazine Archive
The concern here is with preventing the Soviets from having hidden caches of "refire" missiles.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact, I found myself humming along the interstate at 80 mph, anticipating, even dreading the moment the gas engine refired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
In her studio, surrounded by shelves of porcelain figures she recovered from Altadena and refired, she fashions whimsical sculptures imitating feminine figures and feline forms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The spacecraft then righted itself, refired its three engines and touched down softly in a cloud of dust and smoke.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2021
In the extreme heat, the paper disappeared, leaving only the imprint of the image, which was then painted over in bold colors by artisans and refired.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2021
"I can not take thee back, Flaccus; love's ashes can not be refired though the breath of Eros himself blew upon them."
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller
While Johnson finished 28th in his first 500, at age 46, Kanaan revved up the crowd by qualifying sixth, finishing third and refiring his hopes of coming back once more in 2023.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
This week, its workers were back at the controls, transporting coal from storage heaps and refiring furnaces, as part of emergency efforts to keep the heat and electricity on this winter.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
In 1975, a commission of seven experts was empaneled to review the ballistics, including refiring Sirhan’s gun.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2018
Soldiers signaled the Electra crew to hurry out of the plane; but Buchanan and Yandell stalled, throwing switches and circuit breakers wildly, making sure the Cubans would have a rough time refiring the engines.
From Time Magazine Archive
The clamp is then allowed to cool, after which it is taken down, and the bricks sorted; those that are under-fired being built up again in the next clamp for refiring.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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