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After his speech he came by the fraternity house and shook hands and gave thanks to all of us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Anthropic's rise came by doubling down on delivering generative AI to enterprise clients rather than general users, the path initially chosen by archrival OpenAI.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

McKee said Sir Mo Farah came by at the start line and knew it was his 100th day.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

The night before I left, Matt came by to say goodbye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025

Wealthy people in Saigon, hearing about the desperate plight of the refugees, drove out to the camp or came by bus, bringing water and food.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge


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