PULLING ROUND Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

pulling round

verb

present participle of pull round, chiefly British

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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Ashley Turner said the doctors had told her family that her father was recovering quickly and, with hope, would get to go home after two more surgeries.

— Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Rescue divers searched for approximately 30 minutes before recovering Murphy's body about 65 feet out and bringing it to shore, according to the reports.

— Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Definition of recovering

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Oil prices, which skyrocketed for the first few months of the US-Israeli war with Iran, are now coming back down, closing a window of opportunity for Russia to use higher profits on its exports to close its widening budget deficit.

— Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
State test scores for the 2025-26 school year are coming back, and Georgia public schools are part of a national pattern of declining reading and math skills.

— Taylor Carney, AJC.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of coming back

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Dworak’s research finds that American adults are improving in certain forms of spatial reasoning.

— Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Thanks to the design, all three elements are evenly separated upon exiting the barrel, improving firing accuracy and substantially increasing the probability of hitting small targets, reported TASS.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026

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The company wanted drug-containing particles to remain evenly distributed throughout the implants so healing nerves would receive a consistent supply of regenerative compounds.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026
The Yankees are hopeful the images show that Judge, who was diagnosed last month with a stress fracture of the first rib on his right side, is healing.

— Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of healing

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