comeback
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After touching its narrowest level on record recently, there have been signs that breadth is making a comeback, as more stocks and sectors have turned higher over the past few sessions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
But Kyren Williams rushed for touchdowns of one and seven yards in the final four minutes to lift the Rams to a stunning comeback victory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
In the 2018 national championship, Saban produced one of college football’s immortal moments by yanking starter Jalen Hurts for Tua Tagovailoa, who led an Alabama comeback and threw the winning touchdown in overtime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
One young fan mused, “Is Nixon pulling off the greatest posthumous political comeback in history?”
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
“Young Majidi with a swift comeback, even if it is a little juvenile.”
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
Given Stafford’s history of dramatic comebacks, the Rams were on the verge of possibly pulling out a victory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
He played a starring role in two of the team’s extraordinary late comebacks, scoring the stoppage-time winner in the 3-2 victory over Egypt and tied the game against with a screamer from 20 yards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
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
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
I come up with great comebacks to her the next morning, hunched over a bowl of cereal.
From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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