comeback
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Serena Williams opted to let Nike break the news about her pro tennis comeback at age 44 in two slick commercials.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
It’s the biggest finals comeback ever, gives the Knicks a 3 games to 1 advantage, and puts this beaten-up franchise at the doorstep of its first NBA title in 53 seasons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
NBA legend Charles Barkley branded the San Antonio Spurs "the dumbest basketball team in the history of civilisation" after the New York Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, the tale of silent film star Norma Desmond’s descent into murderous derangement as her Hollywood comeback stays out of frame, is the other.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Man, I couldn’t even think of a comeback.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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