For some in the crowd, it was a welcome return to once-familiar ground.
It was a welcome return to the big time for Cork.
Something else making a welcome return is the bumble bee.
After seven years out the Football League made a welcome return for the 1946-47 season.
"Now how may I be of service on your welcome return?"
It was a welcome return to form for the opener from Lancashire.
In 1954, he joined Mercedes, who had made a welcome return to racing, and his second championship followed.
The majority of commentators acknowledged it as a welcome return to form.
Some may be places that are making a welcome return after temporarily losing their way.
The magazine added that Poppy had made a "welcome return".