came up
Example Sentences
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“It came up today, and we were ready.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
They came up with the stretchers as yet another way to humanize robots for a wide audience.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
"The theatre came up in the 1970s... I was so happy when it opened," said Manjunath, watching as seats were ripped out and strewn outside.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
"North Ronaldsay has always been a very special place for me and I felt alive and free here every summer when I came up as a little girl," Alice told BBC Scotland News.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
It was bushy all around, with only three people in sight—a couple of smoked-fish sellers calling hopefully into the bus windows and a young man who came up and shook hands with Mr. Dovlo.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
