come across
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Seafarers from India, the Philippines, China and other countries sometimes didn’t come across as having fully understood the severity of U.S. warnings in English.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Harris later wrote in her memoir 107 Days that she told Biden that his public comments about innocent Gazans could come across as “inadequate and forced.”
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
“I seem to come across a stat every day that we ‘haven’t seen since 2000,’” Jonathan Krinsky, a top technical strategist at BTIG, told MarketWatch via email.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
At first, postdoctoral researcher Olívia Soares Pereira thought the vehicle had come across a jellyfish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Momly's sweet face can definitely come across as stranger-danger if you don't know her.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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