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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Oil prices inched lower on Monday after OPEC+ agreed to further increase its output targets from August while exports from key producers via the Strait of Hormuz are recovering, potentially adding to global supplies.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Strong security habits and reliable backups give you a better chance of recovering if something goes wrong.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of recovering

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Nick Bosa, who’s coming back from his third ACL repair, missed most of training camp while 2025 first-round pick Mykel Williams will start the season on PUP.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
That variety, Cerny said, is also what keeps customers coming back.

— Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of coming back

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The catalyst for improving the life conditions of Americans, our hemisphere, and everyone in the world, is to massively expand energy production around the world.

— Willa Rubin, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
From helping people lose weight to controlling their blood sugar to tamping down inflammation and improving heart health, these medications herald a new age of medicine.

— Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of improving

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Anything starts to look possible in Ricki’s presence, even healing.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Grande, who was healing from a minor foot injury, addressed the crowd from the stage while sitting on a stool overlooking the thousands gathered at O2 Arena.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of healing

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pulling stakes

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