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as in recovered
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
teenagers will often snap back remarkably quickly
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as in bounced (back)
to regain a former or normal state
analysts hoped that the economy would snap back over the next few months
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Recent Examples of snapped back
Narváez’s line-drive comebacker, leading off the fourth, snapped back into Fried’s glove as easily as a rubber band.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snapped back
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Identifying victims’ remains has been a slow process because bodies can be recovered only when the surrounding area is declared safe from explosives.—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Josh Lopez, a coordinator with the South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition, said the carts are commonly removed during events, estimating that his organization has recovered an average of between three and four carts in more than 500 cleanups.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Also, the Bears’ offensive line has improved every week.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Bloom operated at a $29 million net loss in 2024, improved from a roughly $300 million loss in 2023.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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The vehicle then came back into Missouri and the highway patrol became involved in the pursuit, DiMartino said.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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The fingerprints came back as belonging to a woman named Maria Ortiz of Bakersfield, California.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Only 42% of democracies affected by autocratization – a transformation in governance that erodes democratic safeguards – since 1994 have rebounded after a democratic breakdown, according to Swedish research institute V-Dem.—
Shelley Inglis,
The Conversation,
19 Oct. 2025
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Eggar rebounded with Martin Ritt’s 1970 historical drama The Molly Maguires starring Sean Connery and Richard Harris.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
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Norvell's Rams rallied from that loss to win seven of their next nine games to close out the regular season with an 8-4 record.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Leafs rallied to tie the score in the third on John Tavares’ second goal.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Snapped back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snapped%20back. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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