as in visiting
to make a brief visit
come over sometime and I'll show you my garden
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Recent Examples of coming over
Some of those teams are guaranteed to have at least three losses because of head-to-head meetings coming over the season’s final month.
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
New York is currently undefeated at home (4-0), with their last two wins coming over the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Got friends coming over for the game this weekend and there's so much to do?
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Both countries have also made real efforts to restrict fentanyl coming over the US border.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Henderson follows with 146 yards with a touchdown, with 107 of his yards coming over the past two weeks.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
The victims are coming over here from China.
—Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
On the first power play, Buium missed the net on one chance, tried to go one-on-one with no support from his teammates and slipped coming over the blue line for a turnover and soon after missed catching a drop pass.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
From there, Ben will handle most of the build, with friends occasionally coming over to help out on special projects.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
New York is currently undefeated at home (4-0), with their last two wins coming over the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Got friends coming over for the game this weekend and there's so much to do?
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Both countries have also made real efforts to restrict fentanyl coming over the US border.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Henderson follows with 146 yards with a touchdown, with 107 of his yards coming over the past two weeks.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
The victims are coming over here from China.
—Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
On the first power play, Buium missed the net on one chance, tried to go one-on-one with no support from his teammates and slipped coming over the blue line for a turnover and soon after missed catching a drop pass.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
From there, Ben will handle most of the build, with friends occasionally coming over to help out on special projects.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming over
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Love recalled visiting a Nashville-area location with her best friend when they were told it had been discontinued.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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As part of the collaboration with Villa Albertine, Unifrance oversees film bookings, institutional partnerships and logistics for visiting filmmakers.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
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Videos circulating on social media showed dozens of students in school uniform running in panic across the school's basketball court, some covering their ears with their hands, apparently to protect themselves from the loud blasts.—
NPR,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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Then a gunshot appeared to ring out, sending spectators running in the opposite direction.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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When playing within their own half, United adjust into a 5-4-1 with the No 10s dropping in to better protect central midfield.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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But this year Swift has a new album dropping in just a few weeks.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Residents placed their recyclables into blue bins, and city crews picked them up once a week, coming by in separate trucks from the ones that collected the regular garbage.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Wind chills will be biting on Monday, but a big warm-up is coming by midweek.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Nov. 2025
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The singer also missed one episode of The Voice in August after her ex-husband's death, with fellow American Idol vet Jennifer Hudson stepping in as a temporary coach for season 29.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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As seasoned workers retire, the next generation is not stepping in fast enough to replace them.—
Mark Rayfield,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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But these folks keep dropping by and consuming precious time.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Standard versions are indeed cheaper than yesterday’s Premium trims, with the Model Y dropping by $5,000 and the Model 3 by $5,500.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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