bounce back
verb
bounced back; bouncing back; bounces back
: to return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or event
She bounced back easily from her surgery.
After losing the first three games of the series, they bounced back to win their next eight games.
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Spain will be looking to bounce back from that disappointing result against Saudi Arabia next.
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Holly Shand, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Feel its malleability between your teeth, how its squashy fragility—marshy like the plant from which it was originally harvested—gives a bit before bouncing back.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
But the relative lack of details provided by the Braves thus far isn’t encouraging … nor is the history of pitchers bouncing back after spending so much time under the knife.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 15 June 2026
But both are likely to bounce back amid rising institutional interest in aerospace businesses and their stocks – underscored by SpaceX's IPO, according to KeyBanc.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 15 June 2026
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Holly Shand, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Feel its malleability between your teeth, how its squashy fragility—marshy like the plant from which it was originally harvested—gives a bit before bouncing back.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
But the relative lack of details provided by the Braves thus far isn’t encouraging … nor is the history of pitchers bouncing back after spending so much time under the knife.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 15 June 2026
But both are likely to bounce back amid rising institutional interest in aerospace businesses and their stocks – underscored by SpaceX's IPO, according to KeyBanc.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 15 June 2026
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“Bounce back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20back. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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