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as in retorts
a quick witty response
always ready with a comeback for every insult
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as in responses
something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question
regardless of the question posed by the prosecutor, the witness had a plausible comeback
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Recent Examples of comebacks
Except, apparently, the 2025-26 Knicks, who made regular fourth-quarter comebacks in the biggest games.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
Have other major champions made similar comebacks?
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 13 June 2026
The Knicks managed to pull off one of the biggest comebacks in NBA Finals history, winning 107-106, and the trio pulled out all the stops for their celebration.
—Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Teams down three games to one in the playoffs have made comebacks.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 June 2026
The Knicks themselves had mounted multiple improbable comebacks over the last two playoffs.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
There's been a hat trick by a player in one period, three goals scored by a team in 39 seconds and unbelievable comebacks.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
Becerra, former Health and Human Services secretary under President Joe Biden, has staged one of the most surprising comebacks in recent state political history.
—Marisa Lagos, NPR, 6 June 2026
Put simply, Boeing’s en route to one of the most dramatic, and quickest, comebacks on record for a formerly ailing corporate giant.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
Have other major champions made similar comebacks?
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 13 June 2026
The Knicks managed to pull off one of the biggest comebacks in NBA Finals history, winning 107-106, and the trio pulled out all the stops for their celebration.
—Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Teams down three games to one in the playoffs have made comebacks.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 June 2026
The Knicks themselves had mounted multiple improbable comebacks over the last two playoffs.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
There's been a hat trick by a player in one period, three goals scored by a team in 39 seconds and unbelievable comebacks.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
Becerra, former Health and Human Services secretary under President Joe Biden, has staged one of the most surprising comebacks in recent state political history.
—Marisa Lagos, NPR, 6 June 2026
Put simply, Boeing’s en route to one of the most dramatic, and quickest, comebacks on record for a formerly ailing corporate giant.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comebacks
Noun
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LeBron James didn’t hold back from his retorts over his late-in-the-game elbow injury Thursday night against the Denver Nuggets.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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The hearing also lacked contentious partisan moments, but there were some sharp retorts.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Still, all of the responses were not positive.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
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Bryan’s stumbling responses, under questioning from the legendary defense lawyer Clarence Darrow, left him humiliated.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
Noun
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Instead of hitting back or offering defensive replies, Hunter Biden has responded with candid admissions of his past drug use and calls for unity.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2026
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For even more great recommendations, check out the replies to this post on Threads and this post on Bluesky.—
David Pierce,
The Verge,
6 June 2026
Noun
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That was especially true the following game when the Golden Knights took a 4-0 lead into the third period and the Hurricanes seemed to have no answers.—
Mark Anderson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Families across the island were searching for loved ones, waiting for answers, and grieving alongside a community hundreds of miles away.—
Jennifer Marcial Ocasio,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
Noun
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Even the recipe deemed sacrilegious in Carbonaragate cannot evoke the same dramatic reactions or touch the same sensitivities that surround cheese—a relationship that, like wine and bread, is often inseparable from faith, sometimes quite literally.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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However, their performance has been hindered by unstable zinc deposition and unwanted reactions between zinc electrodes and water during charging and discharging.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
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“Comebacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comebacks. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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