come and go
Example Sentences
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The studio-adjacent neighborhood she patrols has an eclectic mix of upscale houses and block-long stretches of apartment buildings, with people moving in and out and leaving possessions on the curb as they come and go.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
In Fiorito, neighbors come and go to "Diego's house," as they call it, lugging containers which volunteers fill with chicken stew or other meals cooked in giant cauldrons in the yard.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
“So, as deadlines would come and go, he struggled to get cars up to production level.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
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
Ma is watching the patrons come and go.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
