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And so when that idea came about, it was like, “This is perfect. We can talk about everything we want to talk about using this symbol.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Perhaps this kind of model might also apply to other parts of Europe where we lack evidence for how the increased hunter-gatherer ancestry in the later Neolithic came about.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

She said the new technique came about through a shift in how chipmaking has historically been conceptualised.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

But how it came about was another case of being in the right place at the right time.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

He came about and let the Frog sail closer, came up into the wind and stopped about thirty yards away, rising and settling on the waves and swells.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen



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