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Some believe the only way to restore kelp is to reduce the purple urchins, which can go dormant for years only to remerge and eat new kelp growth.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

For years veterinarians blamed this tendency on A. caninum's ability to lie dormant in its host's tissue and remerge after the original infection had cleared, a phenomenon known as larval leak.

From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2023

Virginia lawmakers reconvene to vote on the state budget Wednesday, and in that session, the reworked bill could remerge from the conference committee.

From Washington Times • May 26, 2022

Ideas to remerge St. Louis city and county have been floated repeatedly over the past century, but all have failed.

From BusinessWeek • Aug. 15, 2014

One is the doctrine of separation of powers: Why go to the trouble of separating the three powers of government if they can straightway remerge on their own motion?

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel