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“The man I loved fell out of love with me,” she tells Kevin one evening, adding “whenever the chance to be loved came along again I ran away from it. I stopped trusting people.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

It was dead before he came along, according to his standard stump speech.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

Then Amazon.com came along, and by 2019 Barnes & Noble was in dire shape.

From The Wall Street Journal May 10, 2026

But then railways came along in the 19th Century - including the line that connects Manchester and Sheffield, which opened in 1894 and is still known for its incredible scenery.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2026

“But,” Isidore said, “it’s good to have neighbors. Heck, until you came along I didn’t have any.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick



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