rise from the ashes

1. Emerge as new from something that has been destroyed, as in A few months after the earthquake large sections of the city had risen from the ashes. This expression alludes to the legendary phoenix, a bird that supposedly rose from the ashes of its funeral pyre with renewed youth.

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Building permits are grinding slowly through the bureaucracy, hammers are swinging and a new Altadena will one day rise from the ashes.

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Sheen’s contrition permeates “aka Charlie Sheen,” giving his latest rise from the ashes a benevolent glow.

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But as women's football continues to rise from the ashes of a 50-year ban, technique all over the pitch will improve, and styles of penalty-taking more common in men's football will emerge.

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If any Phoenix can rise from the ashes twice, it’s this one.

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In the uncertain post-pandemic days, there were few sights that announced New York City’s rise from the ashes quite like a stroll down the block of West 32nd Street known as K-Town.

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