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comeback

[kuhm-bak] / ˈkʌmˌbæk /




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The S&P 500 was trading only marginally below its record highs on Friday, as stocks brushed off early weakness to mount a late-day comeback.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

Now the company is looking to stage a comeback.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Higher temperatures will stage a partial comeback at the end of the week, however, with south-east England likely to return to the mid-20s Celsius.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The scoreboard showed a tie game, but No. 7 LSU owned all the momentum, and a Tigers comeback now seemed inevitable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Nick knew and the coach knew he couldn’t beat me one-on-one but if he dunked on me the coach was getting his comeback because he got Nick to jam on me.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

Given Stafford’s history of dramatic comebacks, the Rams were on the verge of possibly pulling out a victory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Over the course of an 11-win campaign, Williams started to live up to the hype as he engineered a string of stunning comebacks to reach the postseason.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Mehlman, 31, a former Ithaca College athlete whose own tennis journey was sidelined by injury, knows something about comebacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

The first three games saw multi-goal comebacks, blown leads, and enough on-ice madness to give you brain freeze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

He was gloomy now; he didn’t have his usual snappy comebacks.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm




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