as in to happen
to take place
how did all this come about?
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The football game directive came about a week after Ingoglia held a press conference criticizing Alachua County — where UF’s campus is located — for excessive or wasteful spending to the tune of $84 million over five years, claiming the budget grew by 77%.
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Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
How that came about will go down as legend in the history of the sport.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The collaboration came about as a result of Dillane’s long-standing relationship with Puma.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
Her announcement came about a year and a half after Payne died at age 31 due to a fatal fall from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
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Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
How that came about will go down as legend in the history of the sport.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The collaboration came about as a result of Dillane’s long-standing relationship with Puma.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
Her announcement came about a year and a half after Payne died at age 31 due to a fatal fall from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
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Following the attack, Butler was arrested on East Mission Avenue and Begonia Street, a few blocks from where the attack happened.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2026
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And that's exactly what happened.—
Rachel DeSantis,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
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On one side there was a swing, a slide and a tricycle.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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In addition to traditional treatments, there are holistic therapies like sound healing, Reiki, and shirodhara, an ancient Ayurvedic remedy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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The states welcoming private nuclear innovation are already building the answer, and when supply grows, costs come down.—
Iulia Lupse,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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Still, branches from the street were extending over South Land Park Drive and were coming down.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2026
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Vals is a mountain village (with an elevation of about 4,100 feet) that lays claim to a natural 86-degree spring—the only one in the Grisons canton to come directly from the ground.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2026
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The somber moment at the Coca-Cola 600 came one day after Kyle's family shared his cause of death.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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One skirmish occurred in May 2021, when members of Moms for Liberty (M4L) began to target school board meetings in Williamson County, Tennessee.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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The City of Philadelphia soon filed a suit, claiming that any changes to the site must be agreed upon between the city and NPS, which the city says did not occur.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
20 May 2026
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“Come about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20about. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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