come across
Example Sentences
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Nearly every job listing I come across mentions AI in some way.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I didn’t want Billy to come across as a predator,” Anderson says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Vance’s efforts to seem hip come across as forced, as if he has never met a fellow millennial and can only approximate their lingo and cadence from reading old magazine reviews of movies like “Clueless.”
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
The court heard he had come across his victims through his work at the former Cherrie Centre, a community complex in Renfrew.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Today it was obvious he’d come across something he didn’t like.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
