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
And in Tuesday’s 118-111 win over the Trail Blazers, his shot finally came around.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
But by the time summer came around, Anthropic did a massive U-turn on its policy.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
And then Better Call Saul came around.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Harper followed with a single and came around to score a batter later on Alec Bohm’s single and Andy Pages’ subsequent throwing error.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
This is why Noah and I were so excited when the West Village pocket listing came around.
—Eddie Huang, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2025
But as 2025 came around, things dropped off.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
But the time the film festival came around in March, there was one of those massive trans scapegoating news articles that happened around the same time.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Similar sentiments were voiced upon the introduction of the pitch clock, but over time players adapted and even some skeptics came around.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
But by the time summer came around, Anthropic did a massive U-turn on its policy.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
And then Better Call Saul came around.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Harper followed with a single and came around to score a batter later on Alec Bohm’s single and Andy Pages’ subsequent throwing error.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
This is why Noah and I were so excited when the West Village pocket listing came around.
—Eddie Huang, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2025
But as 2025 came around, things dropped off.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
But the time the film festival came around in March, there was one of those massive trans scapegoating news articles that happened around the same time.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Similar sentiments were voiced upon the introduction of the pitch clock, but over time players adapted and even some skeptics came around.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for came around
came to
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Gold prices gained modestly on Wednesday after the precious metal’s spectacular rally came to an abrupt halt on Tuesday, when prices tumbled more than 5%.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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And how hot would the Universe have gotten, at maximum, once inflation came to an end and the Universe became filled with matter and radiation, signifying the start of the hot Big Bang?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Came around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20around. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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