as in recovering
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
after a week without any relapses, it became clear that she would pull round eventually
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Joseph Hickox, owner and operator of the Chick-fil-A restaurant, told KEYT-TV at the time that the employee was at home recovering after she was taken to the hospital.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2026 -
Her doctors noted that the teen was otherwise healthy after recovering from the chickenpox several weeks prior.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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Baseball great Bernie Williams, who took his first swings as a New York Yankees prospect in Broward County 40 years ago, is coming back to play in South Florida — this time with a guitar instead of a bat.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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The question Munster keeps coming back to is whether OpenAI has products that can sustain a doubling pace of revenue for the next few years.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Rinsing quinoa is really about improving the experience and allowing the ingredient to deliver on flavor and nourishment.—
Victoria Spencer,
Martha Stewart,
27 Apr. 2026
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According to Asylon, the focus has shifted from adoption to effective integration, enhancing existing systems while improving efficiency and reducing friction.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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Yet neither approach had any factual basis, and any success either group had was likely due to the placebo effect—merely giving a patient special attention and the hope of a cure can be healing in itself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Jeremy Renner is getting real about his healing journey following his tragic snow plow accident in 2023.—
Janelle Ash , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Pulling round.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulling%20round. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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