as in recovers
to regain a former or normal state
once the cleanup from the hurricane is completed, business owners are hoping that tourism quickly bounces back
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Hurricanes force a turnover Justin Scott forces a fumble, Jakobe Thomas recovers on Notre Dame’s first play of their second drive.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
1 Sep. 2025 -
The outfield is currently featuring Giancarlo Stanton in Aaron Judge's place, as Judge recovers from a right flexor strain.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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The remaining slab rebounds and moves upwards, triggering a superficial fault network stretching west, resulting in shallow (less than 200 kilometers deep) earthquakes.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Fair attendance rebounds Wilson County – Tennessee State Fair rebounded during its final three days.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
30 Aug. 2025
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Dragonfly nymphs have a lower section of their mandibles that kind of unhinges, shoots forward, grabs stuff, and comes back in again, so very much like the Alien!—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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That keeps dilution low at the start, but if the stock rallies, the share count expands on conversion—once again, diluting investors.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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Determined to prove themselves, Torrance rallies her team to create an original routine and face the Clovers in the national championships.—
Diane J. Cho,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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For Bear, the new arrangement is great about 99 percent of the time… the only drawback is that Nikki occasionally snaps back into her old self and screams in utter terror for a few seconds, before resuming the love-bombing.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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After a home invasion that put his wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen) and kids Sammy (Paisley Cadorath) and Brady (Gage Monroe) in peril, Hutch snaps back to his old ways as an off-the-books government assassin and goes scorched earth on the bad guys.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Bounces (back).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bounces%20%28back%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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