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
When the hot start cable is pulled, a plunger is pulled out of the hole, and fresh, cool air is allowed to enter, thus allowing the engine to refire with ease when hot.
From Time Magazine Archive
Red China, moreover, clearly feared that the Dalai Lama's escape would refire his people's will to resist.
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
Earlier this year, the company attempted suborbital hops, where the spacecraft launched to an altitude of about six miles, belly flopped back to Earth horizontally, then righted itself and refired its engines before touching down.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2021
Each set was glazed white, hand-painted and refired, which meant that even within a duo there were always subtle differences: an eye staring into the distance, a mouth slightly upturned in a half-smile.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 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
Such a thing as painting in enamels on the finished ware and refiring them at a lower heat was unknown before the end of the 17th or beginning of the 18th century.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
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