came on

past tense of come on

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for came on
Verb
  • The shooting lasted intermittently for an additional 20 minutes after authorities arrived, the Justice Department said.
    Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • The national team arrived shortly after midnight Sunday night/Monday morning to a warm welcome by fans of the squad.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • Video has emerged that appears to counter the Israeli military’s account of an incident in which a soldier opened fire on a car carrying a family and killed their 7-month-old baby Sam Abu Haikal.
    Sarah Dean, NBC news, 12 June 2026
  • The zoning maneuvers have emerged in the wake of IBM’s decision to shut the Almaden complex and move its researchers and workers a few miles away to IBM’s Silicon Valley Lab at 555 Bailey Rd.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • There was no resolution, of course.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
  • For organizers, there was no more fitting place to begin the centennial celebration.
    Daily News, Daily News, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • East of the Ohio River, elk lived throughout the Appalachian Mountains from South Carolina to New York and were reported to have been most abundant in the mountainous areas of the Cumberland and Allegheny Plateaus.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • There’s so many things happening at the same time, which is appropriate for a character that’s lived over 200 years and is an amalgamation of everybody else’s perception of him.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • That slower, batch‑style approach existed, in part, because updating critical systems can mean taking them offline, and there is always a risk that a new patch breaks something important.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • This wild area includes sharks, which have existed for more than 400 million years.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026
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“Came on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20on. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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