came on

past tense of come on

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for came on
Verb
  • Weiss, the founder of an independent media site worth millions and the editor-in-chief of CBS News, arrived last week in the Washington bureau trailed by the private security that now protects high-profile media figures.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Juneteenth recognizes the end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, which President Abraham Lincoln had signed more than two years earlier.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Israel, meanwhile, has emerged from the war in a much stronger security position after decimating Hamas in Gaza, slamming Hezbollah in Lebanon, and hammering Iran's nuclear facilities.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
  • According to Wang Zhifeng, PhD, a senior researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, solar-thermal power emerged not as a rival but as a complementary technology to PV, capable of bridging the gaps in energy supply.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There was also a spike in flu cases last month.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • When the team returned to the site of the tracker Monday morning, there was no whale in sight.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ever since, Solotaroff has lived and died with 16 World Series appearances, 9 championships, and 35 trips to the postseason, including 26 trips in the last 31 years.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers recently unveiled the faces of ancient Colombians who lived hundreds of years ago.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Asking a crowd for money to help make a project reality certainly existed long before, but Kickstarter extended the request to the whole internet.
    Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • If one existed, Sanders wouldn’t have fallen to the fifth round.
    Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Came on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20on. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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