come about

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The artist said the exhibition had come about after a chance meeting with an old friend, Lucy Antill, who together with her sister founded Monarch's Mutts Dog Rescue in Halesowen.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Chinese exports to 20 Japanese companies will require a certification process, Beijing announced, with details to come about what that process is.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

So many cartoons depict great ideas using light bulbs that we’ve forgotten many of the greatest ideas come about from long deliberation and careful winnowing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

Switzerland's government, known as the Federal Council, told AFP the meeting had come about through "a private initiative".

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

He had come to this tower-keep by chance, and yet the chance was all design; or he had come by design and yet all the design had merely chanced to come about.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin