come around

as in to come to
to gain consciousness again she came around surprisingly quickly after falling off the horse

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Recent Examples on the Web Some comets come around Earth with relative frequency — one known as Encke's Comet visits every 3.3 years. Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 12 Oct. 2024 Some men brought in to help out at their 1.5-acre Holt Avenue property would keep coming around, and the Davises’ possessions sometimes went missing. Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024 Yes, but: The ones that do decide to come around are apparently into yoga-esque poses and breathing exercises, recent research and drone footage from Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute shows. Meira Gebel, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024 Cooley, per The Hollywood Reporter, made the decision to leave the venerable animation studio after winning an Oscar in 2020 for directing Toy Story 4 since his turn to direct another Pixar film wouldn’t come around again for almost a decade. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for come around 

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“Come around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20around. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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