came from

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Last year, 97.6% of Meta’s revenue came from advertising, a measure of how little progress it has made in growing beyond its core business in the more than two decades since its founding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Ethan was back home and recovering for just over a week when a phone call came from the hospital.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

However, the fact that many of the remains used in medical classes came from other countries and were likely not to have the consent of the deceased has prompted concerns.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

“Wouldn’t it be awful,” she says, laughing uproariously, “if that they tracked that thing down and it came from my IP address?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

I never did know where the monkey came from.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls