on the comeback trail
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But the two-time Olympic champion will be targeting a return to the podium in Cortina while her fiance Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is also on the comeback trail from a bad injury.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
By 1974, after four years of forced exile, Ali was back in boxing’s good graces and on the comeback trail, hungry to regain the championship.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025
Cuomo is now on the comeback trail, hocking a new podcast titled “As a Matter of Fact … With Andrew Cuomo.”
From Slate • Nov. 1, 2022
In 1982 he fought Joe Bugner, also on the comeback trail.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2022
In 1966 as evidence that Squash Tennis was, indeed, on the "comeback trail" the august governing body of the National Squash Tennis Association elected five-time national champion, Jim Prigoff, as their new President.
From Squash Tennis by Squires, Richard C.