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as in came
to come near or nearer
the girl came up to the counter and asked if she could have her order prepared to go
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as in surfaced
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly
let me know if anything else comes up during the project
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Recent Examples of came up
The Brewers hosted the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, and at the top of the first inning, Misiorowski came up against Phillies leadoff hitter Kyle Schwarber.
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Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
While most college broadcast-journalism programs tend to encourage would-be talent to ditch their regional accents in favor of a more neutral, untraceable delivery, TV pros who came up in the bigs aren’t subject to that sort of verbal nullification.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026
Just after 9 o’clock that night in March 2025, a hooded stranger emerged from the dark, came up behind the group that had just left the gym, pulled a gun and opened fire.
—ABC News, 12 June 2026
Her mender Tria Connell came up with a fashionable solution.
—Molly McCrea, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Eventually one of RevMed’s chemistry teams came up with a way to use the glue concept to block all forms of the bad protein.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Then, Chambers came up behind Allen, ordered him to step away from the truck, grabbed his wrist and forced him to the ground.
—Rose Evans
updated May 29, Idaho Statesman, 29 May 2026
Also loved seeing her, post-club, smoking a cigarette out the window as the sun came up, draped in one of Deborah’s leopard coats.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 29 May 2026
When Edwards came up against Page in 1947, the tying run was on deck in the top of the ninth.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
While most college broadcast-journalism programs tend to encourage would-be talent to ditch their regional accents in favor of a more neutral, untraceable delivery, TV pros who came up in the bigs aren’t subject to that sort of verbal nullification.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026
Just after 9 o’clock that night in March 2025, a hooded stranger emerged from the dark, came up behind the group that had just left the gym, pulled a gun and opened fire.
—ABC News, 12 June 2026
Her mender Tria Connell came up with a fashionable solution.
—Molly McCrea, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Eventually one of RevMed’s chemistry teams came up with a way to use the glue concept to block all forms of the bad protein.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Then, Chambers came up behind Allen, ordered him to step away from the truck, grabbed his wrist and forced him to the ground.
—Rose Evans
updated May 29, Idaho Statesman, 29 May 2026
Also loved seeing her, post-club, smoking a cigarette out the window as the sun came up, draped in one of Deborah’s leopard coats.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 29 May 2026
When Edwards came up against Page in 1947, the tying run was on deck in the top of the ninth.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for came up
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Lever, which surfaced the record, notes the filings are too vague to tie Boafo personally to that contract, and his campaign casts him as a consistent ICE opponent.—
Tonya M. Evans,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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According to Mayer, concerns surfaced in the final days before the royal wedding.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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Anthropic has been approached for comment on its refund policy.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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The scramble as the deadline approached was more intense than usual this year because of the state’s new congressional districts, which upended the careers of incumbents and opened opportunities for a slew of other hopefuls.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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Talk of SpaceX, which billionaire Elon Musk founded in 2002 to find a way to Mars, going public had been rampant since late 2025, when the first hints arose of its possibility.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
12 June 2026
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The show focuses on various themes, among them, Revolutionary Textiles, which documents the Homespun movement that arose to boycott British imports; Across the Atlantic centers on continental influences on Colonial fashion; The Business of Sea chronicles Sag Harbor’s maritime past.—
Catherine Sabino,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Rarely translated into English, but revered in Japan for the purity of her classical language and her status as the country’s first professional woman writer, Ichiyo Higuchi drew on her own short life in a poor Tokyo neighbourhood to inspire her work.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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The interiors drew on local textiles, the cabin libraries were chock-full of books on local flora and fauna.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
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As the investigation continued, evidence emerged that directly contradicted original theories that Jason Hobby had started or maintained the Alexander Mountain Fire.—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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In January, Rein Security emerged from stealth to create a platform that actually tracks what AI agents do.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Reopening the Strait of Hormuz — which Tehran effectively closed during the conflict — is a key part of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the United States and Iran.—
Lou Robinson,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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The store closed more than five years ago in the wake of a 2018 filing by its parent company for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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The big battle of the season happened at Rook’s Rest, where Princess Rhaenys and her dragon Meleys were killed by Aemond and his dragon Vhagar while fighting Aegon and his dragon Sunfyre.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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The shootings happened Tuesday evening at I-670 and Wyoming Street, I-70 and Paseo Boulevard, I-70 and Prospect Avenue, and at Truman Road and Hardesty Avenue, police have said.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
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