comes round

present tense third-person singular of come round
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as in comes to
to gain consciousness again the medic waved smelling salts under his nose until he came round

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Recent Examples of comes round But when opening night comes round, Duse realizes that her daughter will be in the audience. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes round
Verb
  • Chris Sale comes to the mound today looking to keep Los Angeles off the scoreboard.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Keeley comes to walk him out of his office wearing ruby red heels.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Solangie Hernandez Hollowell, a Texas influencer who is also working with BOLD PAC, agrees.
    — Claudia Grisales, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026
  • In exchange for a lesser charge and freeing his mother, the perpetrator agrees to testify against the other two men, which ultimately leads to rape convictions for the two.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • News of the streaming rights comes around a month after Microsoft announced some major changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Sometimes a once-in-a-lifetime gig comes around a second time.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • False endorsement and misappropriation, FanDuel could insist, are inapplicable to a personalized video setting where the video’s talent voluntarily assents in exchange for compensation.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • Under Massachusetts law, Sullivan can encourage the jury to go back to the jury room, but not more than twice unless the jury consents to it.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
  • No one specifically consents to be included in them, but people have no choice.
    — Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

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“Comes round.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comes%20round. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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