breathed new life into
idiom
: to give new energy, vitality, or hope to
Their leadership breathed new life into the movement.
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But going behind breathed new life into Denmark which equalized before half-time courtesy of a long-range shot from Morten Hjulmand.
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Ben Church, CNN, 20 June 2024
Back then, few had heard of the Hôtel Balzac, and the property struggled to stand out among its glamorous Parisian neighbors, but that has all changed now that hospitality mastermind Olivier Bertrand took over and breathed new life into this historic hotel.
—Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
But Gill’s return has breathed new life into the strange nooks of social media platforms like Discord, Reddit, and YouTube, where amateur investors trade memes and financial advice, often with the spirit of sticking it to institutional traders like large hedge funds.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 June 2024
Their triumph came in 2005 with the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the firebrand who breathed new life into the regime’s most extreme anti-Israel tendencies.
—Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
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Ben Church, CNN, 20 June 2024
Back then, few had heard of the Hôtel Balzac, and the property struggled to stand out among its glamorous Parisian neighbors, but that has all changed now that hospitality mastermind Olivier Bertrand took over and breathed new life into this historic hotel.
—Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
But Gill’s return has breathed new life into the strange nooks of social media platforms like Discord, Reddit, and YouTube, where amateur investors trade memes and financial advice, often with the spirit of sticking it to institutional traders like large hedge funds.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 June 2024
Their triumph came in 2005 with the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the firebrand who breathed new life into the regime’s most extreme anti-Israel tendencies.
—Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
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