came over

past tense of come over

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of came over Ryan, who came over to the Tigers in the deal that sent lefty ace Tarik Skubal to the Los Angeles Dodgers, hasn't pitched in the majors since 2024 while recovering from Tommy John surgery. — Christian Romo, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Speaking of dominating running backs, Kenneth Walker III, who came over from the Seahawks after winning Super Bowl MVP, looked like the best offseason addition. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 James says her husband came over and confronted the woman, who claimed J'Mark belonged to her. — Naveen Dhaliwal, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 There’s was another time when Coach Reid came over and same thing, eye contact , listened, yes sir. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026 William had his own place but came over to the loft almost daily. — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Taylor, who joined the team from Austin in mid-July — a week before Furuhashi came over from England’s Birmingham City — doubled the lead in the 33rd minute. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Of Hawaii’s 74 plays on offense, 30 came over three drives that lasted about nine minutes of game time and resulted in three touchdowns. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026 My friend Erickson Wilcox, who was one of my waiters from Lot 61, came over and called out bingo. — Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for came over
Verb
  • The second-year tight end also visited the blue medical tent on the sideline Sunday after a 19-yard catch-and-run in which he got collided hard with a Browns defensive back.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Our photographers also visited park openings in Davis and Sacramento, and travelled to the remote Placer County community of Iowa Hill after a sheriff’s deputies engaged in a two-hour shootout with a man who killed a woman in a home nearby.
    — Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Spending on salon and mobile grooming dropped in 2025 as more people picked up the routine tasks themselves.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The band’s eighth and most recent album, Love Is Like, dropped in 2025.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • By comparison, just 9% of homeowners nationwide who changed insurers over the last five years said they were dropped by their insurer, according to a 2025 Consumer Reports survey.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Petitioners’ odds of winning or reaching a settlement dropped by 48 percentage points if their cases required a formal trial rather than a judge ruling based on filings and oral arguments.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Kam Moore stepped in at linebacker for Robert Stephens III, who went down with a lower leg injury in the first half.
    — Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Backup quarterback Zach Marker stepped in to finish the second half.
    — Alejandro Hernandez, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The discovery came by accident, said the study’s co-lead author Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz to NBC News.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The dystopia depicted in the ad came by way of George Orwell’s imagination, but the fears underlying it had deep American roots.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Ya Lily’s content ran in nearly 109,541 Temu ad campaigns in that period, the data show.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • DeLuca then chopped a ball softly to the left side that shortstop Xander Bogaerts ran in to grab.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Like a left turn phase could be called if there’s a car there or it could be skipped if there’s no car there.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • His best friend’s wife recently called him asking for a loan.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026

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“Came over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20over. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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