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come and go





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Cabinet officials come and go, but the near-immediate removal of Bondi’s image signaled something closer to erasure than transition, a rapid closing of ranks inside a department that had already been under pressure.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

“Energy shocks have tended to come and go pretty quickly,” he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Six years later it was submerged, only to come and go with drought cycles that have left it increasingly embalmed in salt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

She’s been living in the community for decades and has seen tides of faces come and go.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Under the cover of her job, Olka was able to come and go easily, and we spent many a night sipping fiery homemade slivovitz, listening to a violinist play Mahler, sometimes even dancing.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman