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on the comeback trail



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But the two-time Olympic champion will be targeting a return to the podium in Cortina while her fiance Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is also on the comeback trail from a bad injury.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2026

By 1974, after four years of forced exile, Ali was back in boxing’s good graces and on the comeback trail, hungry to regain the championship.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2025

Cuomo is now on the comeback trail, hocking a new podcast titled “As a Matter of Fact … With Andrew Cuomo.”

From Slate Nov. 1, 2022

In 1982 he fought Joe Bugner, also on the comeback trail.

From Seattle Times Sep. 2, 2022

In 1966 as evidence that Squash Tennis was, indeed, on the "comeback trail" the august governing body of the National Squash Tennis Association elected five-time national champion, Jim Prigoff, as their new President. 

From Squash Tennis by Richard C. Squires




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