on the comeback trail
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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
Another difficult draw for a British player saw Kyle Edmund - a semi-finalist in 2018 but on the comeback trail after three knee surgeries - plays Italian 15th seed Jannik Sinner.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2023
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
