come round

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as in to come to
to gain consciousness again the medic waved smelling salts under his nose until he came round

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Recent Examples of come round But when opening night comes round, Duse realizes that her daughter will be in the audience. Damon Wise, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025 Just below the horizon, but headed our way, is the rough beast John Lithgow [in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter TV series], his hour come round at last. James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025 What rough wireless provider, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Los Angeles to be born? Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 June 2025 Simon [Kirke] came round to help me with the lyrics. Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025 The first round of the 2025 NFL Draft April 24 is coming round the bend and at us like like a freight train. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025 For the coming round, various complexities in the French electoral system make predictions difficult. Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024 Every year, the big COP climate conference comes round again. Solitaire Townsend, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023 These public statements signal political will by many leading G-20 members, making the coming round of G-20 meetings in September an opportune time to act. Landry Signé, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for come round
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  • User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Fort Lauderdale shoppers would agree, the Galleria mall has seen better days.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
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  • That test does not come around until October 25, by which point the league will have remembered how to defend long throw-ins or Brentford will be in Champions League contention.
    Matt Slater, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Her arrival came around five years after the pair tied the knot.
    Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • China has built Russia’s defense industrial base, helped Iran provide Russia with one-way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles, and assented as North Korea has sent troops to fight in Europe.
    Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
  • His representatives soon assented to de Moraes’s orders, including taking down the offending accounts and paying the fines.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • According to the probable cause statement, during the arrest, Silva consented to be interviewed without a lawyer present and signed a DHS form permitting agents to search his phone.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Come round.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20round. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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