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Resurgent means literally a "rising again". We may speak of a resurgent baseball team, a resurgent steel industry, the resurgence of jogging, or a resurgence of violence in a war zone. Resurgence is particularly prominent in its Italian translation, risorgimento. In the 19th century, when the Italian peninsula consisted of a number of small independent states, a popular movement known as the Risorgimento managed to unify the peninsula and create the modern state of Italy in 1870.
Examples of resurgent in a Sentence
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Ducks coach Greg Cronin has heaped praise on the young pivot, while he and Carlsson have been enthused by the resurgent play of Zegras.
—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 14 Apr. 2024
The host had come into the game on a 27-match unbeaten run but faced a resurgent Blaugrana side which managed to shackle PSG superstar Kylian Mbappé.
—Ben Church, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Experts say resurgent Russian ethnic nationalism is a tiger the Kremlin will probably manage to ride, at least for the foreseeable future.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2024
This 2024 iteration folds in concerns of technological malfeasance evocative of the Cambridge Analytica scandal alongside a resurgent far right and widespread apprehension about the very electoral process.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
Airlines are now scrambling to respond to resurgent demand, as Boeing’s crisis collides with supply chain problems.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
After Crawford’s resurgent 2021, Zaidi rewarded him with a two-year contract extension.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
Worried about its investment, MGM made several cuts and changes to stem the growing outrage among the country’s Irish Catholics — who, it should be noted, already felt under attack by a resurgent and powerful Ku Klux Klan that mocked their faith and questioned their patriotism.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Resurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurgent. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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