came around

past tense of come around
as in came to
to gain consciousness again she came around surprisingly quickly after falling off the horse

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Recent Examples of came around Alcaraz was sitting on his courtside chair when the camera came around on his right. Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Potapova appeared to be tearing up as Andreeva came around the net for a long embrace after the final point. ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 While the new idea of Stratt singing karaoke at a party threw her at first, Hüller came around. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2026 Taco Tuesday always came around, so that was probably my favorite. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026 Houser’s injury came around 24 hours after Carson Whisenhunt sustained a similar-looking injury against Cincinnati on Monday. Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 His March 2025 approval reportedly came around the same time that the bureau ended its program that paid adopters $1,000 per horse. Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026 When the first day of school came around, her husband convinced her to keep the kids home. Chris Kenning, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 By the time Sanders came around, that vague hope had curdled into resentment. Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for came around
came to
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  • Emilee Chinn / Getty Images The aging core The once-youthful core that came to define two straight World Cup cycles will soon age into its 30s.
    Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • This musical era came to a violent end under the Khmer Rouge regime of the 1970s, which shuttered entertainment venues and killed nine in ten of the country’s professional musicians.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Came around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20around. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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