bounce back
phrasal 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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The two long-range models, GFS (the American) and ECMWF (the European), have been bouncing back and forth with these two tracks.
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Tammie Souza, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Now, professionals’ belief in their ability to bounce back after a layoff has fallen to a worrying low.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
The pattern was weird in the spring but bounced back to normal.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Over the last two seasons, Julien bounced back and forth between the majors and the minors and is now out of options.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2026
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Tammie Souza, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Now, professionals’ belief in their ability to bounce back after a layoff has fallen to a worrying low.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
The pattern was weird in the spring but bounced back to normal.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Over the last two seasons, Julien bounced back and forth between the majors and the minors and is now out of options.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Bounce back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20back. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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