as in recovering
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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Durant, who is recovering from a left ankle sprain and bruised bone suffered in Game 2, has played in just one game in the series.—
Reid Laymance,
Houston Chronicle,
1 May 2026 -
In Caveat, Isaac (Johnny French) and Olga (Leila Sykes) are both recovering from traumatic events that have left them impaired — him an amnesiac, her intermittently catatonic.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Baseball great Bernie Williams, who took his first swings as a New York Yankees prospect in Broward County 40 years ago, is coming back to play in South Florida — this time with a guitar instead of a bat.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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The question Munster keeps coming back to is whether OpenAI has products that can sustain a doubling pace of revenue for the next few years.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Jokic began the game on a warpath, moving Rudy Gobert out of the way and rebounding his own misses en route to 10 first-quarter points.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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Despite giving up size, the Spurs were able to win the rebounding battle 50-45.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Bouncing (back).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bouncing%20%28back%29. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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