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comeback

[kuhm-bak] / ˈkʌmˌbæk /




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Microsoft is staging an artificial-intelligence comeback that could power the stock to new highs, some on Wall Street believe.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Plus, the ‘Big Dumper’ has been a big bust, the retired NFL star on the verge of a comeback and Jason Gay on tennis’s brutal summer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Up to 8.7 million voters -- a majority of them women -- will decide whether Hichilema's economic reforms deserve another term or whether the opposition can turn widespread discontent into a comeback.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Marketing experts say any comeback will depend on learning from that history.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Compromised, indefinite, sketchy, but not entirely obliterated: free will is making a comeback.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The first three games saw multi-goal comebacks, blown leads, and enough on-ice madness to give you brain freeze.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

But comebacks can work both ways – San Antonio may be the new underdogs, but they could still win, if they take the next three matches.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

And at the center of this vibe shift, with raven-black hair and eyeliner as razor-sharp as her comebacks, was Mexican American actor Alexa Demie as Maddy Perez.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

The Knicks are bidding to win their first Championship since 1973 and Karl-Anthony Towns said the fans have been inspiring their comebacks.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

The reporter, flustered, stammered out something about the rarity of successful comebacks.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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