comeback
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Still, the comeback of the so-called Magnificent Seven group of tech names has investors wondering if they can finally do what nothing else has: wake up a bull-market rally that’s gone stubbornly cool.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026
Three-time winners and reigning champions Argentina booked their place in a second consecutive final after staging a late comeback to beat England 2-1 on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
But they mounted a fine comeback of their own with the ball to prevent Hampshire becoming the first team to win four T20 Blast titles in a nerve-shredding climax which went to the final over.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Four of his scores either tied the game or put Argentina in front and in Wednesday’s frantic comeback win over England, Messi assisted on the tying and winning goals seven minutes apart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Her eyes darkened as though her pupils had engulfed her irises, and Sarai felt it coming, the response that brooked no comeback: Tell that to the other babies.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
The injury was aggravated during several attempted comebacks, before Fontaine was forced to call time on his career in 1962.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Australia won to go 2-0 up and while England, invigorated by the recalled Mark Wood and Chris Woakes, threatened the most spectacular of comebacks, it was not to be.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Saturday night was just the final chapter of the most unlikely, unhinged and downright unbelievable playoff run in basketball history—a collection of spectacular streaks and last-second comebacks to cast aside decades of heartbreak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
This was one of the most historic, thrilling comebacks in sports I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
“There are no comebacks or do-overs. You may wish they could come back, but it’s important that you understand they can’t, and they won’t.”
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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