come at

Example Sentences

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That awarding of merit aid, according to Burd, has come at the expense of the lowest-income students.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

None of this is to say that a major reckoning won’t come at some point, or that AI hasn’t already absorbed some positions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The action was part of a broader movement by residents who say safety improvements often take too long or never come at all.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

For some clubs, the pause in domestic action has come at the right time as they look to regroup, but for others it halts some much-needed momentum.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Come nightfall, we have found ourselves anchored near an island at the mouth of the Piankatank River; and there we come at last to rest.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson