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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
Both made it to the biggest stage at their respective level and came up short.
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Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2026
Fahnlander traveled with her to the Florida ceremony and said therapists from across the country came up to thank her.
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Tyler Quattrin,
Twin Cities,
19 June 2026
But if the right role came up, maybe down the line.
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Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2026
His name came up in public discussion about the case from the start.
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CBS News,
19 June 2026
Then another object came up behind it, then three more.
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Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
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.
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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.
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ABC News,
12 June 2026
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2026
Fahnlander traveled with her to the Florida ceremony and said therapists from across the country came up to thank her.
—
Tyler Quattrin,
Twin Cities,
19 June 2026
But if the right role came up, maybe down the line.
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Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2026
His name came up in public discussion about the case from the start.
—
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Then another object came up behind it, then three more.
—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
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.
—
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
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.
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
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Casa Amor participant Alannah Keyser will no longer appear on Season 8, Peacock has confirmed, after videos surfaced on social media of her singing along to the n-word in a song.
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Concerns first surfaced about the safety of the solar panels following an August 2024 fire on the same roof, which was quickly extinguished by firefighters at the time, a source close to the Los Angeles Fire Department told CBS News.
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As evening approached, attendees packed the concert area in anticipation of Common’s performance.
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Dirk and Martine, had first approached James and Jeff about renovating the existing lodge.
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Serious legal questions also arose as to whether ESG violated fiduciary duty laws and if DEI is discriminatory.
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The yoke arose from an inflection point.
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The December 2025 study behind the platform drew on more than 21,000 online interviews across the four new markets, measuring awareness, likeability and purchase intent for approximately 200 titles spanning anime, gaming, film, television, sports, music and creators.
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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.
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Friday’s group game falls on Seattle’s Pride weekend, a scheduling quirk that emerged only after December’s draw pitted the two Muslim-majority countries against each other.
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Free to be me Over and over the word freedom emerged as the key to happiness.
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The gap between the two closed marginally in the days since the second voting update released Monday, but Langeliers still finished with a comfortable lead.
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The country’s main airport is there and was closed due to damage, complicating aid efforts.
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This year, that refill never happened.
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Martinez has shared a different version of what happened.
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“Came up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20up. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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