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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Verb
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Although Gilgeous-Alexander gains a step on a drive, Sarr recovers enough to block Gilgeous-Alexander’s layup attempt.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025 -
That’ll drain savings more quickly and leave fewer assets to generate returns when the market recovers.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The 76ers got several offensive rebounds one of the two big men committed to defending the shot and easy buckets when their guards got into the paint and forced the big man to commit.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Growth typically rebounds by the same amount once the government reopens.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Then a young man named Seisaku (Takahiro Tamura), who has been away on military service, comes back to the village where his girlfriend, Oshina (Yuka Konno), awaits him.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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And when Berlinsky comes back to fish Watauga Lake, he’ll be welcomed with open arms.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Yet, the community rallies and moves heaven and earth to find a missing white woman.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
21 Sep. 2025
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As the entertainment community rallies behind Jimmy Kimmel in the wake of ABC’s sudden yanking of his late-night show at the behest of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, pressing questions remain about his immediate future on the network.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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But instead of cooperating, the passenger snaps back.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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The matte, blasted steel and titanium case is comfortable on its textured rubber strap, and the satellite hours and a 240° retrograde minutes hand that snaps back like a scorpion’s sting at the turn of each hour will spark dozens of conversations.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
9 Sep. 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 Oct. 2025.
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