came over

past tense of come over

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of came over Thibodeaux then came over knocked over Jackson remained on the field but was replaced by Caedan Wallace on the next set of team drills. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Then a Giants player came over and shoved Jackson to the ground. Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026 Another running back, senior Jaelyn Powell, came over from The First Academy, and sophomore Bryce Jackson gives the Eagles a powerful trio. Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 Makhachev’s record-setting victory came over Ian Machado Garry via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) in one of Makhachev’s closest fights. Mark Puleo, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026 The change came over the objections of police accountability advocates who held up Soakai’s death as a prime reason for keeping the old pursuit rules. Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026 The new design thinking is spearheaded by design chief Yasutake Tsuchida, who came over to Honda a couple of years ago after a quarter-century stint at Mazda. New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2026 When friends came over to visit, Williams kept the windows open, and had his guests use a different bathroom. John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026 Moises Ballesteros came over to them from the Cubs for a reliever. David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for came over
Verb
  • After a police report said Hickerson and his brother, Zach, were at the South Carolina townhouse when the actress was pronounced dead by authorities, Brian was visited by police.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Soon after trainer Dave Groeschner visited the mound, Whisenhunt left the game and returned to the Giants’ clubhouse.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • At the same time, more land mines are being planted and bombs dropped in other conflicts such as the civil war in Myanmar and border conflicts between Cambodia and Thailand.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The project, which dropped in April, did not hold on to the Billboard charts for long and even failed to crack the top 20 on the Billboard 200.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Fueled by mass layoffs, the Bay Area’s tech talent workforce dropped by 6% from 2022 to 2025.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • From 2020 to 2025, the number of vaccinated kindergarteners dropped by nearly 3%, accounting for 286,000 children in the United States.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Citadel, Ken Griffin's giant multi-strategy hedge fund, stepped in to buy the positions at a discount, understood to be around 10%.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
  • His character Ned Schneebly was supposed to be substituting — until Dewey impersonated him and stepped in.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Then, in early June, a woman named Dominique Rice came by with a video crew.
    Diamy Wang August 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Several parents came by the school after the shooting, concerned about what happened inside.
    Todd Feurer, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • An earlier version of this column originally ran in Club Sportico, our online newsletter community.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Andrews, a pediatrician, previously ran in 2022 for the state’s 1st Congressional District and won the Democratic primary for Senate in June.
    Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Police reinforcements were called late Saturday to the temporary accommodation center for asylum seekers in Sintiki, a few kilometers (miles) from the Bulgarian border, after migrants threw rocks at guards, according to police.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • However, the displays produced artifact images called burn-in and the brightness of the OLED displays degraded quickly when the displays were operated at high brightness levels when used in the daytime.
    John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Came over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20over. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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