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  • verb Present participle of rediscover.

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Examples

  • * People are once again rediscovering what everybody used to know: the purpose of torture is to extract false confessions, not gather actionable intelligence.

    Friday Friday Friday « Gerry Canavan 2009

  • How can it be that we call rediscovering, embodying, or otherwise adding back the cut-away parts emasculating?

    Figleaf's Real Adult Sex - Confessions of a libertine prude / grumblings of a prudish libertine 2009

  • Mike presents The Simple Pleasures of Toast and Strawberry Jam posted at Writers Anonymous, saying, “A lesson in rediscovering some of life’s simpler pleasures, and using that as an opportunity to practice adding sounds, smells, and tastes into your writing.”

    Creative Carnival: September 2009 « Write Anything 2009

  • But, from that book, reading that, and the notion of rediscovering Walt Whitman's America, I brought my students to Kerouac's home in Lowell, Massachusetts and we visited the commemorative park they have there at his birthplace and Kerouac's Lowell which is in many ways like Faulkner's Oxford or Edgar Lee Masters 'Illinois or something.

    The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey 1993

  • For the moment, however, conservatives seem keener on congratulating themselves for "rediscovering" their conservative principles than on working out a plausible future for the country.

    David Frum's Warning 2009

  • For the moment, however, conservatives seem keener on congratulating themselves for "rediscovering" their conservative principles than on working out a plausible future for the country.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • Now, I am kind of rediscovering them, with the added perspective and wisdom of being a 40 year old parent.

    The WELL: Morning Dew 2008

  • I'm going to dip in every now and then; I got into classical music through Beethoven and while I sometimes grow tired of his style I quite enjoy having a long break and then 'rediscovering' him.

    Archive 2005-06-01 Jonathan 2005

  • I'm going to dip in every now and then; I got into classical music through Beethoven and while I sometimes grow tired of his style I quite enjoy having a long break and then 'rediscovering' him.

    What do you mean, you've never heard the Eroica symphony? Jonathan 2005

  • Instead, the shift should be rooted in a strong desire to take on the job in question -- such as rediscovering a passion or building professional breadth in order to achieve a dearly held goal.

    How to Get Ahead William J. White 2007

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