come about
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The fines from the county’s Department of Public Health also come about a week after air quality regulators issued a series of violations due to the odor coming from the facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Much of the Fed behavior Mr. Warsh wants to change has come about largely by accident, without extensive consideration beforehand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
“The abolition of slavery did not come about only because of resistance on the part of the oppressed,” he finds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
But - from young people on the streets of Dublin to those in Ireland's Jewish community - what does the Eurovision boycott mean and why did it come about?
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Nobody, not even James, could understand how in the world a thing like this could have come about.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
