come round

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as in to come to
to gain consciousness again the medic waved smelling salts under his nose until he came round

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Recent Examples of come round For the coming round, various complexities in the French electoral system make predictions difficult. Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024 These public statements signal political will by many leading G-20 members, making the coming round of G-20 meetings in September an opportune time to act. Landry Signé, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2023 Every year, the big COP climate conference comes round again. Solitaire Townsend, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023 By the time the 1990s came round, nylons were a thing of the past—seen only on first ladies, or ripped up on the legs of Courtney Love. Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2023 Each fearful face comes round, what terror’s taught is soundless. Carol Muske-Dukes, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023 When May 1968 comes round, the by-this-point mature Carole is ready to luxuriate in the free-thinking and free-love spirit of the times. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 May 2023 The kitchen’s white walls, also in Venetian plaster, take on a golden hue as the sunlight comes round from the east. Howard Christian, ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023 Andor season one was a big hit here at Vulture, so the news that Andor season two is coming round the mountain has been hotly anticipated. Vulture, 7 Apr. 2023
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  • The three men appeared in worse condition than the 18 other hostages previously freed under the truce, which was agreed to in January, 15 months into the war.
    Joey Roulette, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Morton agreed to produce Ian’s debut, Society’s Child, the album that would simultaneously propel her to stardom and sacrifice her to bigoted attacks.
    Audra Heinrichs, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
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  • Van Buren returns shortly with a newly contrite attitude, having come around to his library’s merits and read up on Toth’s prior designs in Hungary.
    Anthony Paletta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The firing of agency staff comes around two weeks after Trump took office and pardoned more than 1,500 January 6 participants, including those serving jail time.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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  • By the time the country reluctantly assented to some foreign assistance, the disaster had started to slip from the news.
    Kelsey Piper, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
  • My dilemma relates not to the legal issue of consent but to whether a 13-year-old has an ethical right to assent to care.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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  • California law requires all parties in a conversation to consent to being recorded.
    Jenna deJong, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Drivers could not consent to only one feature, the FTC says.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Come round.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20round. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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