- present participle of return.
Example Sentences
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And within months of returning to office in 2025, he was already claiming that he had ended eight wars.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
"I think everything needs to be demolished," casino worker Eduardo Gutierrez Jr. said after returning to his apartment to retrieve belongings now covered in mud.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Growing maintenance costs, tax changes and workers returning to the office have forced sellers to cut prices on large, luxurious estates from the Cotswolds to the northern Home Counties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Streeting and a handful of junior ministers quit the government in the aftermath, while Burnham, regarded as the frontrunner in any future leadership contest, set his sights on returning to Westminster in the Makerfield by-election.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
In the corner of the ogres’ underground bunker, my teleporter awaited its ultimate mission: returning me to Lyttyrboks.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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