pulls round

verb

present tense third-person singular of pull round, chiefly British
as in recovers
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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  1. recovers
  2. improves
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  • Residents may experience temporary low water pressure as the system recovers over the next several hours.
    — CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • The oldest of Turner’s five children, 24-year-old Ashley, has taken on more responsibility to help care for the family as her father recovers.
    — Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of recovers
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  • Instead of retraining an entire AI model, which can be extremely expensive, the system improves performance during generation.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
  • As health alerts have been issued amid the wildfire smoke in New York and New Jersey, FIFA is not concerned about the impact of poor air quality on the World Cup final as the weather forecast improves, according to unnamed sources who spoke to ESPN.
    — Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of improves
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