come about
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The fines from the county’s Department of Public Health also come about a week after air quality regulators issued a series of violations due to the odor coming from the facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
“The abolition of slavery did not come about only because of resistance on the part of the oppressed,” he finds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Venture capitalist John Doerr calls them tsunamis—and they come about every 13 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
Ironically, arbitration has come about ostensibly through willing agreement.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
But she wanted to remind them of the long hard way they had come, about the long hard way they had yet to go.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
