as in coming to
to gain consciousness again
she came around surprisingly quickly after falling off the horse
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Recent Examples of coming around
After some persuasion, the Klaxons vocalist started coming around.
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Hannah Malach, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
For one thing, Woolley is slow coming around on suffrage.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
As the group was coming around one of the first turns, Kim, Handei and Eybog all crashed.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Frederic appears to be coming around now and should deliver a better performance.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Figure skating remains a sport dominated by youth, and with the Winter Games coming around only once every four years, 2026 could likely be the couple’s last shot at cementing their legacy as a pair on the ice.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
The health-conscious clean-eating trend Compton capitalized on a half-century ago when mood rings, Elton John and post-Watergate relief was all the rage, is coming around again, Nude Miami’s owners say.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
There’s no light at the end of the tunnel, the light is the train coming around the other end.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Mighty Bay has tears in his eyes from laughing so hard at the funky drum machine beats of Keith LeBlanc’s Major Malfunction, coming around to it by the final track.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2025
Hannah Malach, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
For one thing, Woolley is slow coming around on suffrage.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
As the group was coming around one of the first turns, Kim, Handei and Eybog all crashed.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Frederic appears to be coming around now and should deliver a better performance.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Figure skating remains a sport dominated by youth, and with the Winter Games coming around only once every four years, 2026 could likely be the couple’s last shot at cementing their legacy as a pair on the ice.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
The health-conscious clean-eating trend Compton capitalized on a half-century ago when mood rings, Elton John and post-Watergate relief was all the rage, is coming around again, Nude Miami’s owners say.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
There’s no light at the end of the tunnel, the light is the train coming around the other end.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Mighty Bay has tears in his eyes from laughing so hard at the funky drum machine beats of Keith LeBlanc’s Major Malfunction, coming around to it by the final track.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming around
coming to
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The conflicts prompted travel difficulties for some of the nations coming to Italy because of widespread flight disruptions.—
Tales Azzoni,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Godflesh are coming to an end, but not just yet.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Coming around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming%20around. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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