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rise from the ashes

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rise from the ashes
Fig. [for a structure] to be rebuilt after destruction. The entire west section of the city was destroyed and a group of new buildings rose from the ashes in only a few months. Will the city rise again from the ashes? No one knows.
See also: ash, rise


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To mark the occasion, historian Fred Hobbs has published a book that delves into the building's past and its rise from the ashes.
Byline: By KATIE CAMPLING News Reporter A PARISH hall is to rise from the ashes, just a year after being destroyed by fire.
The answer I want to reveal is: How to rise from the ashes of Hurricane Katrina.
 
 
 
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