come across
Example Sentences
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"It's not a situation I have ever come across before."
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
That could come across as passive-aggressive and might create more awkwardness in your wider circle.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
I’ve come across at least one venture capital investor comparing this moment for those categories to what we saw with software investment in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Workers clearing silt from the flood-struck region say they occasionally come across personal belongings, including gold jewellery.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
He did, however, come across an old discarded rowing machine of Mr. Little’s, and becoming interested in this, carried it upstairs with some difficulty and spent the rest of the morning rowing.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
