1
as in came to
to gain consciousness again
the medic waved smelling salts under his nose until he came round
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2
as in agreed
to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)
she's cool to the idea right now, but sooner or later she'll come round
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Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, lived in Minnesota and came to the Big Apple for a business conference with Wall Street investors.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026 -
Just moments after Georgia’s 2025 season came to an end, safety KJ Bolden had turned the page.—
Connor Riley,
AJC.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Trump said late Thursday that President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a temporary pause in targeting Kyiv and other places as the region experiences freezing temperatures that have brought widespread hardship to civilians.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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The Senate agreed in 2006, when lawmakers confirmed Warsh to the Fed by voice vote.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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The truck driver was convicted of vehicular manslaughter, but the Cobles’ wrongful-death lawsuit against Caltrans, arguing that faulty freeway design led to the backup their car was in when the big rig came around the bend, was lost in a jury trial.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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Esteves initially dismissed the idea but eventually came around.—
Patricia Murphy,
AJC.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Brenner and Ostrofsky consented before having a moment to discuss it.—
Thomas Koetting,
jsonline.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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But the camera in your pocket is also part of a maturing surveillance ecosystem, one that links video, facial recognition and location data in ways most people never consented to and often don’t fully recognize.—
Nicole M. Bennett,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Came round.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20round. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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