How to Use come as in a Sentence

come as

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  • This should not come as a shock.
    Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
  • This shouldn’t come as a surprise.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Those moves come as gold and silver prices scale to record highs.
    Itzel Franco, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Noting that the strike would come as Supt.
    Nicole MacIas Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • This should come as no surprise to those living here.
    Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Perhaps this shouldn’t come as a surprise, as the charms of a bed skirt are many.
    Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The protests come as the government remains shut down.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2025
  • That may come as a relief as the moon and Uranus harmonize.
    Usa Today, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The winds and power outages come as the region gears up for a winter storm.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That didn’t come as a shock to some who have long argued for a separation.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026
  • Today’s layoffs come as a result of the E!
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Sources have said that decision might come as soon as Monday.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026
  • The charges come as the firm is involved in a defamation suit against Fox News.
    Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Neither of their shortcomings should come as a surprise.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • More is likely to come as the legal market continues to ramp up.
    Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • All of these moves come as the brand looks to refuel excitement across the business.
    Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 13 July 2026
  • The strike could come as soon as Saturday or Sunday.
    Reg Chapman, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The closing of Irish on Grand did not come as a surprise, Moloney said.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The telephone talks come as the world’s two biggest economies seek to find a compromise on tariffs.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • That might come as a surprise, given that the top three Democrats all have run for major office.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The new disclosures come as Atty.
    Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • That could come as the economy figures out what to do with all the labor that software has eaten.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • These pressures come as demand rises across the power sector.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
  • Court decisions on these challenges can come as late as June of the election year, as was the case this year.
    Robert Cordy, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026
  • For many women who have no symptoms at all, the diagnosis can come as a complete shock.
    Essence, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But, none of this should come as a surprise, given that there is so much at-stake right now in college athletics.
    Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • That didn’t come as a major surprise since Jennings was buried on the depth chart for most of the spring and summer.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The results come as oil and gas prices have surged amid the sprawling Middle East conflict.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The protests come as the federal government shutdown stretched into a third week.
    Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The new data come as the Eaton fire recovery enters its 15th month.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026

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