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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rehabilitate.

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Examples

  • While he rehabilitates from a broken leg, Kramer has been using a motorized wheelchair.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • I'm not sure how McCain rehabilitates his brand name or integrity after this campaign is over.

    Enddirt - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • In the first of an occasional series, USA TODAY chronicles how an athlete rehabilitates from a serious injury, focusing on Phillies catcher Mike Lieberthal, a two-time All-Star who hurt his knee May 12.

    USATODAY.com - The reconstruction of Mike Lieberthal 2001

  • German Pope "rehabilitates" Holocaust denier, then (as we learned this week) promotes a bishop who thinks Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for immorality in New Orleans.

    Telegraph Blogs 2009

  • Russian court 'rehabilitates' last tsar: spokesman

    Raw Story 2009

  • and if anyone believes prison "rehabilitates" i have some beach front propeerty in arizona, really cheap.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Obama supporters don’t have much room to talk as they support a man who endorses indefinete detention and refuses to prosecute (and even rehabilitates) war criminals like Bush and Cheney.

    Matthew Yglesias » A Telling Slip on Detainees 2010

  • Now in The Templars she rehabilitates the devout Catholic knights, exposing ‘the incredible crop of fanciful allegations attributing to the Templars every kind of esoteric rite and belief, from the most ancient to the most vulgar ....’

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog 2009

  • Barnhart is filling in for regular starting keeper Hope Solo as she rehabilitates her right shoulder following surgery in late September.

    US Women's Soccer Backup Goalkeeper Seizes Opportunity 2010

  • While cam - paigning against wildlife smug - gling, the group also rescues, rehabilitates and releases wildlife.

    Mazatlan: why snowbirds keep coming back 2009

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