come to mind
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When one thinks of working moms, Olympic athletes — which require years of intense physical and mental training — aren’t exactly the first to come to mind.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
Dinner parties, love letters and secret recipes - perhaps not the first things that come to mind when you think about writing a will.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
Constantin Brancusi, Isamu Noguchi and Medardo Rosso all come to mind, but with these humble subjects—frogs, chickens and everymen—Simmons’s work is entirely his own.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
Milo Yiannopoulos and Steven Crowder come to mind, as does Kirk competitor Ben Shapiro.
From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025
A new game had come to mind, and I collected more and more rocks.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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