come across

Example Sentences

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While 764 is mostly active on encrypted platforms, their content is also being shared on social media—a place where kids can come across it without warning.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

If you’re chronically online like me, you’ve probably come across a slang-suffix that’s become part of the lexicon despite not being formally added to a dictionary — yet.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

“They want to come across as disconnected to it, not committed to it.”

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

He’s the sort of character who tends to come across either bland or unconvincingly cocky-funny.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

But then...I come across something on the beach I never expected.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt