recovering

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The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has seeds for all of the rare plants in the burn area, a sort of fail safe if they need help recovering.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The east of the island is still recovering from Hurricane Melissa, which caused major destruction in October last year.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

"Habitats that were recovering are now back under threat and under pressure again."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

U.S. natural gas futures handed back some gains from the previous three sessions, while maintaining seasonal support from warming weather and recovering LNG exports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

There with her were other young women, recovering, so there was pleasant conversation, a few jokes about being slender again.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry