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to make a brief visit
come over sometime and I'll show you my garden
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Recent Examples of came over
The game was paused as a crew came over to wipe the wet spots.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Several dozen volunteer firefighters from the station where Ryan had worked came over to trim trees and stack wood.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Her first ancestor, Captain John Jackson, came over in 1799 and became the first Black purchaser of land on Staten Island.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
Hill came over to New York in 2024 after he was released by the Chicago White Sox.
—Patrick McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
For example, today, some friends came over from São Paulo to my house in Rio.
—Carolina Abbott Galvão, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
The final straw for the City Council came over the summer, when city officials learned that the roof was at risk of caving in because of unpermitted construction work done at the site.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
While reflecting on the situation in Abducted in Plain Sight, Mary Ann says Gail came over on Christmas Eve of 1974 and threatened to expose Bob’s affair with Berchtold if the charges weren't dismissed.
—Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Several dozen volunteer firefighters from the station where Ryan had worked came over to trim trees and stack wood.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Her first ancestor, Captain John Jackson, came over in 1799 and became the first Black purchaser of land on Staten Island.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
Hill came over to New York in 2024 after he was released by the Chicago White Sox.
—Patrick McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
For example, today, some friends came over from São Paulo to my house in Rio.
—Carolina Abbott Galvão, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
The final straw for the City Council came over the summer, when city officials learned that the roof was at risk of caving in because of unpermitted construction work done at the site.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
While reflecting on the situation in Abducted in Plain Sight, Mary Ann says Gail came over on Christmas Eve of 1974 and threatened to expose Bob’s affair with Berchtold if the charges weren't dismissed.
—Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for came over
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With a modest collection that heavily features Napa and Bordeaux, Babbitt visited the latter region this past August and made Château D’Issan his first stop.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
9 Nov. 2025
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Appreciated by locals and visited by celebs like Elsa Pataky, Chris Hemsworth, and Matt Damon, this luxury farmhouse in Getaria is an idyllic base set among the owners' txakoli vineyards.—
Michelle Arellano Martin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Virginia native’s last studio album, Black Messiah, dropped in 2014 and received widespread acclaim.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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Williams had 16 points, eight assists and six rebounds, and Prophet Johnson dropped in 16 to go with five assists.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Berkley, who had emerged years earlier as a teen TV star on Saved by the Bell, faced critics’ unrelenting wrath and was promptly dropped by her team at CAA.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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After the study and the label change, doctors became reluctant to prescribe them, and prescriptions for hormone therapy for menopause dropped by more than 70%.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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A number of states have stepped in to cover the gap, or to provide additional money to food banks; Texas, which has a multibillion-dollar rainy-day fund, has done neither.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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And Sam stepped in there and made a good throw.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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In a statement to the Statesman, Crapo declined to acknowledge Wyden’s official request of him to support issuing subpoenas to the bank, which came by way of a formal letter, Carey said.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Oct. 2025
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Each of those losses came by 10 points or less.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Harrison, who in 2020 ran in the Democratic primary for her Nebraska congressional district, sees an immediate impact on her business and the broader economy.—
Caitlyn Reilly,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
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The show, which ran in two six-part series, in 1975 and 1979, was a huge hit in Britain and went on to become a cult classic in the United States.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly endorsed the deal and called the immediate vote to begin the process of approving it as the shutdown continued to disrupt flights nationwide, threaten food assistance for millions of Americans and leave federal workers without pay.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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The book is called The Care and Keeping of You.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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