as in recovering
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
after a week without any relapses, it became clear that she would pull round eventually
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Verb
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Young had spent the lead-up to Game 2 recovering.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025 -
Saudi Arabia launched a high-profile effort to stamp out corruption in 2017 with the detention of princes, government ministers, and business moguls at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, recovering over $100 billion in assets.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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And the Saints showed a lot of fight in coming back from a 14-3 deficit to score 23 unanswered points and nab their first win.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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But if someone needs something or someone to be taken care of, or to prevent something from coming back around, that would be the Dark Hearts.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The concept is raising concerns that the bloc is still too slow in improving its deterrence options, however.—
Silvia Amaro,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Needham analyst Tom Nikic said that while top-line trends were improving, there were still some pain points, including incremental tariff headwinds.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Wishing you a speedy recovery…sending you healing wishes and prayers!—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Behind them, the wildflowers bloom softly from the healing dirt of an earth that has never known a thing besides how to just keep going.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Pulling round.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulling%20round. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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