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snaps back

verb

present tense third-person singular of snap back

as in recovers

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness teenagers will often snap back remarkably quickly

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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 snaps back And when the creaky door opens to allow in the jury members, everyone snaps back in their seats. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026 Release and the keyboard snaps back to the letters. — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026 Just then, Dick loses his hold on Pennywise, who snaps back awake. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025 If Congress lets the enhancements expire, the system snaps back to the old rules overnight. — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025 But instead of cooperating, the passenger snaps back. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025 The matte, blasted steel and titanium case is comfortable on its textured rubber strap, and the satellite hours and a 240° retrograde minutes hand that snaps back like a scorpion’s sting at the turn of each hour will spark dozens of conversations. — Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025 For Bear, the new arrangement is great about 99 percent of the time… the only drawback is that Nikki occasionally snaps back into her old self and screams in utter terror for a few seconds, before resuming the love-bombing. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025

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The $39 million settlement recovers about 57% of those losses, according to the settlement.

— Chase Jordan October 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
Lanning said the team would be cautious as Moore recovers from the head injury.

— Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of recovers

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And while everyone’s hair comes back differently and at varying speeds, there’s plenty that can be done to ease the process.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 9 Oct. 2026
So our rotating planet has to turn a little farther each day before the moon comes back above the horizon.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of comes back

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Philadelphia improves to 7-3-4 at home, while RSL falls to 1-10-3 on the road.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2026
By defining requirements upfront and approving change orders quickly, the model improves schedule certainty and ensures vessels are mission-ready when they are delivered.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

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Oil drops as Hormuz traffic rebounds Oil prices fell as new data showed crude exports from the Middle East surpassed prewar levels, though any respite may be short-lived as attacks on tankers traversing the Strait of Hormuz increased.

— Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026
However, when strategies shift a brand from merely ranking to being directly cited inside generative answers, engagement rebounds dramatically, and incoming traffic carries vastly higher buyer intent that converts in far fewer touchpoints.

— Vin Sonpal, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of rebounds

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Simply beholding and appreciating the intact state of ourselves here as God’s brilliant image is prayer that heals.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
Exact instructions hinge on treatment depth, device settings, and how your skin heals.

— Malana VanTyler, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of heals

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The student rallies, now stretching into their third week after violent clashes with police, mass school closures and thousands of arrests, are expected to resume on Thursday.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
The exploitation of racial divides, the mass rallies, the storming of the Capitol, the blurring of truth and reality, the unabashed abuse of government power to the ends of ethnic cleansing, which becomes systemic, institutionalized, and accepted.

— Daniel Peña, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

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